Why Did Dumbledore Have To Die in ‘Harry Potter?’
Over the course of seven books and eight films, Harry Potter‘s adventures packed many twists, turns, spells, and double-crosses, but few elements shocked fans as much as Albus Dumbledore‘s death at the climax of the franchise’s sixth story, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. J.K. Rowling‘s wizarding saga was already taking a darker turn as Harry’s nemesis, He Who Shall Not Be Named, and his army of Death Eaters publicly revealed themselves, but Dumbledore’s death darkened the story further, setting the tone for the…