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Tom Riddle Sr. death was in 1943, is it not? In the death section I put it as 1943, but was changed to 1941, why? {{Unsigned|Ratneer}}
 
Tom Riddle Sr. death was in 1943, is it not? In the death section I put it as 1943, but was changed to 1941, why? {{Unsigned|Ratneer}}
   
Also, his grave reads 1905-1943. And his age at the time of death is 38, but couldn't it also be 37, depending on when his birthday was? [[User:MUDBL00D|MUDBL00D]] 11:25, May 4, 2011 (UTC)
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Also, his grave reads 1905-1943. And his age at the time of death is 38, but couldn't it also be 37, depending on when his birthday was? [[User:MUDBL00D|MUDBL00D]] 11:25, May 4, 2011 (UTC) THE WHOLE RIDDLE FAMILY IS DEAD
   
 
== IT WAS IN 1944 ==
 
== IT WAS IN 1944 ==

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Wouldn't he be a Tom Riddle Jr. if his father had the same name and his son (Tom Marvolo Riddle),has a different middle name? Thai420 15:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

date of Death

Tom Riddle Sr. death was in 1943, is it not? In the death section I put it as 1943, but was changed to 1941, why? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ratneer (talkcontribs).

Also, his grave reads 1905-1943. And his age at the time of death is 38, but couldn't it also be 37, depending on when his birthday was? MUDBL00D 11:25, May 4, 2011 (UTC) THE WHOLE RIDDLE FAMILY IS DEAD

IT WAS IN 1944

Tom Riddle, Sr. died in 1944, not 1943. The book canon comes first to the movie canon. And in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, it reads "Half a century ago, something strange had happened there..." and "Fifty years before, at daybreak, on a fine summer's morning.... a maid had entered the drawing room to find all three Riddles dead." The present is August 1994. Thus Tom Riddle, Sr. and his parents were killed in 1944, not 1943.

Also, in the Harry Potter Companion book, it says that they died in July/August 1944.

http://books.google.com/books?id=K5zOroHn_LYC&pg=PA421&lpg=PA421&dq=Tom+Riddle,+Sr.+died+1944&source=bl&ots=4sV-q6lcv6&sig=lIfgLZJ83mJ40ZGPDfUHv5rWxf8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wNQFUKuVJMq8rQHG2uXECA&ved=0CFEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Tom%20Riddle%2C%20Sr.%20died%201944&f=false

You make a valid point about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. However, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (which takes place from 1992-1993) it is also stated the events of Voldemort's time took place fifty years earlier, and the Diary Horcrux states it is the preservation of Voldemort's sixteen-year old self. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore states that Voldemort murdered the Riddles in the summer when he was sixteen years old, which would support the 1943 death date. As for the Harry Potter Companion book, it is an unofficial guidebook and cannot be taken as canononical. - Nick O'Demus 21:57, July 17, 2012 (UTC)

Loyalty section update

Shouldn't the Gaunt family be removed from his loyalty section? Riddle Sr. wasn't loyal to them at all and abandoned his only tie to them, Merope. 131.151.69.250 18:00, June 23, 2013 (UTC)

Widowed?

Is it accurate for his marital status to be "widowed" - considering that he was deceived into marrying Merope (he was under the influence of the Love Potion)? I think he should actually be described as "single". He apparently never made a conscious choice to marry anyone. - UnicornWolf (talk) 14:28, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

I don't think it really matters how he married Merope, the simple fact is that he did marry her, and she died thereafter: a married man whose wife (or ex-wife) passes away is now known as widowed. --Hunnie Bunn (talk) 14:50, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Shouldn´t it be devorced or seperated?--Rodolphus (talk) 15:57, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

No, Rodolphus. Divorce or separated, they couple MEAN it. If both the man and the woman don't what this marriage to continue on, then they separate, or divorce. But if one of them dies, then the other will be widowed.

Tom seperated from his wife before he died. Doesn´t this count?--Rodolphus (talk) 10:18, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

I don't think a legal divorce was ever implied, though. -- Saxon 14:00, February 1, 2015 (UTC)

Later used his death?

How can that be? Horcruxes can only be made shortly after somebody is murdered, don't they? Otherwise would it mean that the soul never heals together again,, which is wrong. --König Elessar I. (talk) 17:10, November 29, 2015 (UTC)