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Originally Posted by HarryT
In the "Narnia" books all the main characters die at the end, but it's been an enduring favourite with children for decades.
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Well, there's dead, and then there's dead, if you see what I mean. Since the whole point of the Narnia ending is that the lives the characters have lived up to that point doesn't matter as much as their new, eternal life, are they really dead?
Then again, Rowling could do something like that with the end of Harry Potter. She's certainly hinted that there is something beyond death. Ghosts, like Nearly Headless Nick, were afraid to face it. Dumbledore wasn't, and neither was Sirius. Harry and Luna could both hear the voices on the other side of the Veiled Archway in the Department of Mysteries.
I myself think that exploring this too closely would take away a lot of the mystery appeal of the series, but it's up to Rowling.