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• 22 June - 26 September, 2013: Harry Potter: The Exhibition will be open in Tokyo, Japan.
• 27-30 June, 2013: LeakyCon will be held in Portland, Oregon.
• 25 April, 2013: The third Pottermore House Cup is awarded to Slytherin.
• 10 April, 2013: Chapters 8-15 of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban are unveiled on Pottermore
• 28 March, 2013: Richard Griffiths, who played Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films, passed away at the age of 65.

The Fat Friar was a wizard, who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in his youth, and was Sorted into Hufflepuff. He was a jolly man and very forgiving. He devoted his life to religion and, after his death, returned to the school as the resident ghost of Hufflepuff House.

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