It seems that Ms. Rowling caused quite a stir during her interview last week, where she stated that two "main characters" won't survive the last book and dropped hints that one of them might be Harry. (It comes as no surprise that she is now receiving hate mail from some of her fans.) What is interesting is that the British company William Hill is currently taking bets as to which character will be the one to off the boy wizard.

"The favourite is Potter's evil nemesis Voldemort at odds of 4/5, but some fans are even mistrustful of his closest pal Ron Weasley, at 6/1." A spokesperson for William Hill, says, "The phones have not stopped ringing since JK said Harry might be killed off. Most of the early money has been for Professor Snape at 5/2 and Draco Malfoy (evil schoolboy) at 6/1. If Harry survives, all bets will be void and money returned. We're praying keen Potter fans haven't worked it out and fleeced us." [Source]

I am not sure who I think would kill Harry (which I don't think will happen) but if I was going to lay money on it I would not be betting on Snape or Draco--way too simple.

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