# Harry Potter (spoiler)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-spoiler/168112>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 11, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-spoiler/168112 "2003-04-11T20:33:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-spoiler/168112/1 "2003-04-11T20:33:49Z")

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I’ve heard that someone dies at the end of the fourth Harry Potter book. Who is it? Since I don’t plan on reading the book, it won’t spoil it for me.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-spoiler/168112/2 "2003-04-11T20:34:49Z")

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A search of “Harry Potter” on these boards will reveal all you could possibly want to know.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-spoiler/168112/3 "2003-04-11T21:00:56Z")

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If you don’t plan on reading the book, I don’t see why you’d really care.

I will tell you this- it’s NOT anybody who was prominent in any of the three previous books. So, if you were worried that it was a character you’d grown to like in a previous installment, don’t worry- it’s not.

If you require a name, scroll waaaaaay down…

Cedric Diggory