List of deaths

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This is a list of deaths in the Harry Potter series organized by book. Each death is listed under the book it is first mentioned in: e.g. Moaning Myrtle died before the events of the first Harry Potter book, but she is not mentioned until the second book.

Contents 1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5 Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix 6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[edit] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Last lines	Notes
James Potter	Lord Voldemort	Avada Kedavra	"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! I'll try to hold him off — just go!" and "Not Harry! Please, no, not Harry — I'll do anything!"	Godric's Hollow. Killed while defending their son Harry from Lord Voldemort. Lily Potter's death, attempting to block Voldemort, protected Harry for nearly 2 decades from Voldemort's further assaults.
Lily Potter
Quirinus Quirrell	Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort	Burned by Harry's hands, which to Quirrell were white-hot and caused severe blistering, and abandonment by Voldemort's soul.	"Master — I cannot hold him — my hands!"	Killed while attempting to steal the Philosopher's Stone for Lord Voldemort so that he could regain a body; Voldemort possessed Quirrell and thus when he left Quirrell's body, he played a part in killing him.
Cuthbert Binns	N/A	Natural causes	Unknown	Became a ghost and continued to teach History of Magic at Hogwarts, though it was said he hadn't noticed he'd died, simply carrying on as usual
Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Nearly Headless Nick)	Muggles who captured him and took away his wand	Botched beheading, head still attached.	Unknown	Tried to join the Headless Hunt but was rejected because would be unable to join in with certain activities such as Horseback Head-Juggling and Head Polo. Became Gryffindor House ghost.
Nicolas Flamel	N/A	Natural Causes	Unknown	After Lord Voldemort attempted to steal the Philosopher's Stone needed to make the elixir that prolonged the Flamels' lives, in order to use it to bring himself back to life, the Flamels decided that the danger posed by Voldemort was too grave, willingly relinquishing eternal life and destroying the stone to thwart Voldemort.
Perenelle Flamel

[edit] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Last lines	Notes
'Moaning' Myrtle	Slytherin's Basilisk	Looked into the eyes of The Basilisk	"Go away and use your own toilet!" (possibly)	The ladies' toilet near the Chamber of Secrets. She was killed while Tom Marvolo Riddle was a student at Hogwarts, but the murder is not described until now. She came back as a ghost known as Moaning Myrtle.
Slytherin's Basilisk	Harry Potter	Godric Gryffindor's Sword	(Parseltongue)	Chamber of Secrets. Harry, with the assistance of Fawkes, managed to drive Gryffindor's sword through the top of the great snake's mouth, killing it

[edit] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Last lines	Notes
Binky (a bunny)	Killed by a fox	Mauling	None	A relatively insignificant death. The rabbit was "just a baby" when the death occured. Belonged to Lavender Brown and caused her to accept Trelawney's apparent predictions.
12 Muggles	Peter Pettigrew	Blasting Curse	Unknown	Framed Sirius Black for the crime; happened shortly after Voldemort's attack on the Potters.

[edit] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Last lines	Notes
Frank Bryce	Lord Voldemort	Avada Kedavra	"I don't think much of your manners, my Lord. Turn around and face me like a man, why don't you?"	In the Riddle House, murdered for overhearing Voldemort's plans concerning the Triwizard Tournament and Harry Potter.
Tom Riddle Sr.	Tom Marvolo Riddle/Voldemort	Avada Kedavra	Unknown	In Riddle House when Voldemort discovered his true parentage. Framed Morfin Gaunt for the crime; happened years before current time.
Thomas Riddle
Mary Riddle
Bertha Jorkins	Lord Voldemort	Unknown	Unknown	Disposed of after she gave Lord Voldemort information on Barty Crouch Jr. and the Triwizard Tournament.
Barty Crouch Sr.	Barty Crouch Jr.	Unknown	Unknown	Body transfigured into a bone and buried in front of Hagrid's house.
Mrs. Crouch	Illness	Unspecified	Unknown	Took Polyjuice Potion in Azkaban and took son's place. Buried at Azkaban.
Cedric Diggory	Wormtail (as per Lord Voldemort's order)	Avada Kedavra	"Wands out, you reckon?"	Accidentally teleported to Little Hangleton with Harry Potter and disposed of by Wormtail.

[edit] Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Last lines	Notes
Sirius Black	Bellatrix Lestrange	Knocked Through the Veil	"Come on, you can do better than that!"	Hit by a curse by Bellatrix and sent into the Veil.
Marlene McKinnon	Death Eaters including Travers	Unknown	Unknown	Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. Her entire family was killed.
Edgar Bones	Death Eaters	Unknown	Unknown	Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. His wife and children were killed as well.
Gideon Prewett	5 Death Eaters including Dolohov	Unknown	Unknown	Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. Brutal killing, but Gideon apparently died like a hero.
Fabian Prewett	5 Death Eaters including Dolohov	Unknown	Unknown	Killed while fighting alongside his brother Gideon. Brutal killing, but Fabian apparently died like a hero.
Benjy Fenwick	Death Eaters	Possibly Confringo	Unknown	Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. Brutal killing, and only bits of him were ever found.
Dorcas Meadowes	Voldemort	Unknown	Unknown	Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix.
Broderick Bode	Death Eaters, possibly Lucius Malfoy	Devil's Snare	Unknown	Killed before he could inform people as to what happened to him.

[edit] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Last lines	Notes
Amelia Bones	Lord Voldemort	Unknown	Unknown	Member of the Wizengamot killed by Voldemort himself because she was very powerful.
Emmeline Vance	Death Eaters	Unknown	Unknown	Killed for being a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Florean Fortescue	Death Eaters	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mrs. Abbott	Death Eaters	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Merope Gaunt	N/A	Childbirth	"I hope he looks like his papa."	Died in an orphanage right after giving birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle, later known as Lord Voldemort.
Igor Karkaroff	A Death Eater	Unknown	Unknown	Former Death Eater killed for not returning to Voldemort and treason.
Hepzibah Smith	Tom Marvolo Riddle	Poison	Unknown	Killed so Tom could steal the Locket of Salazar Slytherin and Cup of Helga Hufflepuff. Framed Hepzibah's old house elf Hokey for it. Happened years before current time.
Montgomery	Fenrir Greyback	Mauling	Unknown	Five year-old-boy attacked by werewolf because mother wouldn't help Death Eaters.
Gibbon	A fellow Death Eater, Thorfinn Rowle (by accident)	Avada Kedavra	Unknown	During the attack on Hogwarts.
Albus Dumbledore	Severus Snape	Avada Kedavra	"Severus...please..."	During the attack on Hogwarts, under orders from Dumbledore himself

[edit] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Last lines	Notes
Charity Burbage	Lord Voldemort	Avada Kedavra	"Severus... please... please..."	Gathering of Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor, for being the Muggle Studies teacher.
Hedwig	A Death Eater	Avada Kedavra	None	The flight from Little Whinging.
Mad-Eye Moody	Voldemort	Avada Kedavra	Unknown	Died when Mundungus Fletcher abandoned him
Regulus Black	Inferi	Drowned	Unknown	Attempting to destroy the locket Horcrux.
Rufus Scrimgeour	Pius Thicknesse (while under the Imperius curse from Yaxley)	Most likely Avada Kedavra	Unknown	During attack on the Ministry.
Unnamed German-speaking woman and two children	Lord Voldemort	Avada Kedavra	"I know him not!"	At Gregorovitch's former residence.
Gregorovitch	Lord Voldemort	Avada Kedavra	"I do not know, I never knew, a young man — no — please — PLEASE!"	For not giving Lord Voldemort information on the Elder Wand.
Gellert Grindelwald	Lord Voldemort	Avada Kedavra	"Kill me, then, Voldemort! You will not win, you cannot win! The wand will never, ever be yours–"	For not giving Lord Voldemort information on the Elder Wand.
Bathilda Bagshot	Unknown, likely Nagini	Unknown	Unknown	Godric's Hollow. Body used as a disguise by Nagini to lie in wait for Harry Potter.
The Grey Lady	The Bloody Baron	Stabbing	Unknown	Killed after she told the Baron that she would not go back with him.
The Bloody Baron	himself	Stabbing	Unknown	Stabbed himself after he felt remorse for the death of the Grey Lady
Ted Tonks	Snatchers	Unknown	Unknown	The search for Muggle-borns and Blood Traitors.
Dirk Cresswell
Gornuk
Peter Pettigrew	Indirectly killed by Voldemort (Pettigrew's silver hand, given to him by Voldemort, strangles him after he repays his life debt to Harry Potter)	Strangulation	"Stand back. Stand away from the door. I am coming in."	Escaping Malfoy Manor (Death Eater Headquarters).
Dobby	Bellatrix Lestrange	Deep wound by Bellatrix's hurled knife	Harry... Potter...	Escape from Malfoy Manor.
Vincent Crabbe	Himself (by accident)	Fiendfyre	"Like it hot, scum?"	The Battle of Hogwarts.
Fred Weasley	Augustus Rookwood	Explosion	"You actually are joking, Perce... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were–"
Remus Lupin	Antonin Dolohov	Unknown	Unknown
Nymphadora Tonks	Bellatrix Lestrange	Unknown	Unknown
50 Unknown Witches and Wizards	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Colin Creevey	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Severus Snape	Nagini (as per Lord Voldemort's order)	Exsanguination from Nagini's bite	"Look... at... me..."
Nagini	Neville Longbottom	Decapitated with Godric Gryffindor's Sword	None
Bellatrix Lestrange	Molly Weasley	Unknown	"What will happen to your children once I've killed you? When Mummy's gone the same way as Freddie?"
Lord Voldemort	Himself (spell rebound due to the Elder Wand's allegiance to Harry Potter and contact with Harry's opposing Expelliarmus spell)	Avada Kedavra.	"Avada Kedavra!"