Top 10 Saddest Harry Potter Deaths

So sad... Dobby was a great character, he is faithful to Harry and tried to save his life. At the same time he pursued his dreams and rejected normal house elf behaviour when he wanted to be paid. Bellatrix is so evil. Dobby did so much for Harry, he shouldn't have died.

The first time I watched Harry Potter and saw Dobby, I was like he needs to be here. He brightens up the mood and you feel so light. Well that's how I felt. He always wanted to do whats best for Harry Potter even if it put his life in danger and that's what it did. he put his life on the line to save Harry and his friends and no human can relate to that. Most people would not stand up and try and help out there friends, even if you die in the process because we are scared, but Dobby wasn't. at that moment when I saw the dagger fly into the transporter with them all. I was asking my family who it hit, we all waiting in tension waiting for the next scene. We found out that everyone was alright until everyone came across Dobby. He was just laying there saying that he done what he could and he was happy. When he said that I almost teared up but I didn't. Then when Dobby passed in Harry Potter arms, that was when I started to cry. Harry wanted to do it the proper way and berry him, when I ...more

Dobby was the best character in my opinion, but in the short time in Malfoy Manner he had with Harry, he was the bravest. So it was sad to see him die, but he saved everybody, so he died a hero.

Well Dobby was a bit annoying but lovable nonetheless, if only he hadn't stopped for a stupid speech in front of Bellatrix, surely he knew that she wouldn't have mercy, it's what we all love about that insane goth version of Umbridge.

Severus Snape was cruel, unfair, and rude to Harry Potter because of his dad. So Harry hated Snape the moment he arrived at Hogwarts. Harry hated Snape for nearly all his life. But when Snape's past was revealed, Harry forgave him. All the time Snape was a spy for Dumbledore. He only killed Dumbledore because Dumbledore asked him to. Snape used Occlumency to hide the truth from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Snape was talented and smart. His death was most devastating. I nearly broke down into tears. The moment He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named killed Lily Potter, Severus changed sides. But He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did not now this because Snape used Occlumency. Snape protected Harry as best as he could. So I agree with Harry that Severus Snape is the bravest man and has the most devastating death.

Severus Snape had the hardest life to the saddest death. He was bullied by James Potter and lost Lily Evans. He had a heart of gold. He was trying to save Harry Potter in the Philosopher's Stone. He cared for Harry and would never stop loving Lily Evans. He begged the Dark Lord to keep Lily alive. He was a double agent against the Dark Lord for revenge for him needing to kill Dumbledore. He used his Occlumency to hide the fact he was secretly betraying Voldemort. He had no choice to kill Albus Dumbledore especially because he had done the Unbreakable Vowel with Narcissa Malfoy. Severus Snape didn't deserve his death but more he half deserved his hate. He was at least 90% the bravest man in Harry Potter. He was one of the most important characters in Harry Potter.

Unarguably the bravest man in the entire series.

He was the epitome of everything everyone hated in the story; pretty much the invincible school bully seeing as they couldn't outright defy a teacher. He's flawed, he hated the Marauders with every fiber of his being and projected some of that hate onto Harry. And yet in spite of that, it was his love for Lily that drove him forward.

Yeah, he's no saint and he even admits to himself he's not a good man, but that's what made him even more likable and gave more impact to their lives.

And knowing that his efforts will only amount to dying a dog's death, as well as wanting to look into the eyes of that one person he'd sacrificed many things for, is what really made his passing a heart-wrenching event.
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He was the bravest man in the entire series. Nobody knew what side he was on. In the Half-Blood Prince, everyone thought that this was proof Severus was evil but it turns out he was working for Dumbledore all along. He loved Lily so deeply that she could never return his love for her and his patronus remained a doe after all those years. And in his dying moments he wanted to see Lily in Harry because he has his mom's eyes. He saw Lily which pained him intensely yet made him feel more love than anything in the world. RIP Severus, your legacy lives on in Albus Severus Potter.

Agh! Where do I begin? First off, Sirius was the closest thing Harry had to a father, and his death seemed to have the most impact on him. Second, he has had a tough life. Between being disowned by his family, seeing two of his best friends dead, being blamed for that, being away from his godson for so long (and it seems to me that Sirius adores Harry) and spending 12 years in Azkaban his life seems pretty difficult. That seems like enough tragedy for 5 lifetimes. Also, Harry and Sirius both deserved to be happy. They needed each other. It's a shame that Sirius died before he could be happy for the first time in over 13 years.

Sirius didn't simply die, he fell through the veil. It was the most heart-wrenching death to go with his sorrowful story.

In adolescence, Sirius did not fit in at home, and his family life was seemingly miserable. That kid must've been messed up, yet he hung through it and made amazing friends. He unified the Marauders. After seven long years of Hogwarts, the Marauders all graduated and parted, yet Sirius' bonds remained.

Sirius' life was turned upside down when he found James' and Lily's dead bodies. His best friend, Pettigrew, betrayed them all, and his other best friend, Lupin, believed him to be guilty of murder.

For twelve years, Sirius was pent up in Azkaban, having the life sucked away from him by the Dementors. He should have been partying with friends, staying up late and having a laugh, when instead he was left to rot in a cell.

After twelve years, Sirius Black was finally free, only to be kept inside and under cover. He wasn't allowed to fight ...more

His death was far by the hardest, he floated away so slowly unlike being avada'd and simply being killed he drifted away. In my opinion one of the few things that had grounded Harry to his childhood and family was taken away and that was the moment he no longer remained a child, especially since the next spell he cast was an unforgivable and I found it so sad that he lost his godfather and his reaction was so heart-wrenching.

I think this is the saddest death because it was sorta harry's fault, though you can trace it to Voldemort, harry still felt to blame. Also, how many father figures can one kid loose? Harry lost his dad, then Sirius, and finally Lupin. Imagine knowing that you are partly to blame for your father figure's death! So sad!

Okay, I am sorry how is Sirius black above him? I get Dobby and Snape but Sirius? I MEAN ARE YOU SERIOUS! (Get it? xD) A lot of people say that it is mentioned how George is on his own now but, I mean why wouldn't it be pointed out it is a reality. Also, all of his other siblings Bill, Charlie, Percy and Ginny. AND his mother+father. AND he was fairly close to Harry. He had several friends at Hogwarts. I mean how many did Sirius have? Approximately 2. (Harry and Lupin) he basically didn't have a life. Fred did. And he was much younger and never got a chance to live through adulthood. Plus he was such a good humored soul and brightened up so many people's lives. So, I say this with all of my heart Rest in Peace Fred, I am sorry to say Your Mischief was Managed.

I believe this has got to be the saddest death even though it was really, really, really hard choosing. Fred and George had a legacy. Remember when they rode off into the sunset together on brooms, leaving behind Umbridge's reign of tyranny? When Fred died, a part of George dies with him. The loss of a friend or family member is terrible but losing someone you've been with for quite literally all your life is devastating. Just look at the head canons fans have made about it! Fred also had a crush on Hermione but she never knew. And people say Snape's story is sad? At least he grew older. Fred never had the chance. He died laughing at a joke his brother made, and didn't even get to say goodbye to him or the twin he loved so dearly. How often do any of us ever tell our siblings we love them? I know this is long but Fred's death broke my heart because that's a loss that is irreparable. One half can never feel whole again.

Fred Weasley is by far the funniest character in any book or movie. He was the one that made us laugh when things were tough. Fred (and George) were always there when you needed something. Not only is Fred hilarious, he's an amazing brother and friend. Fred's death is the saddest because of these things. Think of George as well, his twin and best friend not being able to see him everyday, not being able to talk to him, when Fred died, George lost himself. There will never be a greater pair of pranksters. I love Fred Weasley, he will live in my heart forever.

I'm not emotional. At all. I'm not just saying that. I had never cried for any fictional character ever. Not even joking people. But then Fred died and I cried. Sure it was only two tears but Fred dying was super sad. Literally the only time I have cried for a character dying out of every book I have read and movies and shows I have watched the only person I ever cried for was Fred. He wasn't even one of my favorite characters! But I cried. And then told everyone I know who's read the Harry Potter books that I hate J.K. Rowling because she made Fred die. Fred is such an awesome character. He is funny, loyal, and reliable. So yeah only time I've ever cried from any book, movie, or show was because Fred died. That's saying something people!

I knew Dumbledore died. I knew before the lightning struck tower but I BAWELD for an HOUR. This was so tragic and I just kept saying why Snape WHY

I don't know what to say and where to start. He was amazing and he should be forever honored. I know if Dumbledore was here he would tell us not to pity the dead, but to pity the living who can not love, but I can't help but cry when I think about him. He was kind, loving, made sure he only put a little weight on Harry's shoulders at time, and most importantly, was the only parental figure Harry had left. It broke my heart to see him lying there, dead, half moon spectacles slightly crooked. RIP dumbledore, and I think I speak for all of us when I say we will never forget you and how you saved us all whether people noticed it or not.

I don't know how he isn't number 2 on this list. I can vividly picture the feeling of terror once the world hears of his death. The only one Voldemort ever feared, dead? The only one who knew how to defeat Voldemort (besides 3 teenagers), dead? The greatest wizard the Wizarding world had ever seen, dead? His death left Harry stranded. Left him with the impossible task of hunting down the rest of the Horcruxes without the great wizard that had been watching over him since day one. And to cap it all off, he died for nothing as the locket was a fake. That's the worst part...

I hate Snape because of this. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was so wise and spoke in the most beloved quotes, that helped everyone focus and know what to do. His wiseness was a wonderful part of him, and I believe he was the smartest and wisest character in the books. He was also amazingly friendly to Harry and Ron... who at first thought he was a funny man! Idiotic! And that ministry was stupid, because Albus Dumbledore was wise, friendly, and funny. He loved beans and joked around some times, not going into hysteria, but still being not too strict, funny and wise. Also fond of sherbert lemons! I highly respect him and he definitely should be honored greatly. And at his death... well, I cried, cried, cried, cried, cried, and cried some more. Just seeing him lying on his back, Snape looking slightly sour at him made he just cry harder. Snape! I hate snape! Albus is my favorite character!

Hedwig, the best owl you ever did meet. She sacrificed her life to save Harry against the death eater and died. I found this death the most hard to watch as Hedwig had a big place in my heart. She was always there for Harry and never let him down. Okay okay, she's a fiction owl. But not a normal owl.

Okay, I know she was just an owl. But in reality, in Harry's reality she was a friend. A loyal friend to the end. I struggled with her death because it just seemed so random and not needed. I mean no offence at all to J.K rolling because she wrote some epic books and I know she needed to kill off some characters. The fact that I care this much about a fictional owl dieing means she wrote EXTREMELY well.

Hedwig represents how the Wizarding world effect him. He was miserable before. I hate Hedwig dying. It like losing a dog but have everything that happened to Harry happen. I love the scene in the books were Harry's mad and takes some of his anger out on Hedwig where he instantly regrets when Hedwig mad and flys away. But Hedwig comes back. Hedwig always came back. Hedwig doings means Harry no longer a child. Harry childhood fell with Hedwig

Hedwig was honestly the saddest death for me. I do have a soft spot for animals, but its not just that. She was Harry's only link to the magical world while he was stuck with the Dursleys. She stuck by him through thick and thin. I think her death really symbolized the end of Harry's childhood. RIP Hedwig.

Personally I preferred Lupin to Sirius. I personally think he would have made a much more reasonable and responsible god-father. Even if he was a werewolf. And his death broke my heart. He had just had a child with Tonks and now poor Teddy has to grow up without either parents. I wish he could have been a professor longer, it wasn't ever his fault he was born a werewolf. I kinda hated how in the movies it barely mentions their death. But seriously Lupin was by far my favorite Marauder (although they are all Great-'' except the rat named PETER) and the smartest in my honest opinion. So rest in peace Lupin. You shall be missed

Why is Fred above him?
People say Fred makes us laugh.
In the Marauder era, Remus could make us laugh, if we saw more of him.
Because Fred left George alone?
James got left alone when in hiding, Sirius was alone is prison, Remus was alone when they died and was living mostly in poverty, and Peter, duh!
I admit Snape and Dobby should be above him.
People also say Teddy is overrated, and the 'godson thing' is useless.
Well, Teddy and Harry were both orphans, their mothers both died for love, their fathers were both Marauders.
Back to business.

It's not fair that Remus Lupin is 7th on this list. It's not fair the way her died. It's not fair that he does at all, really. Lupin was my favorite character who died. I loved him since we met him, I was devastated when I found out he was a werewolf, I thought we'd never see him after he stopped teaching, and I was overjoyed when he came back in Order of the Phoenix. But when he died, I didn't cry at all. Why? Because it didn't register that he had died. It didn't hit me at all, because we didn't see it. Lupin was a great character, he deserved a great death scene. Sirius had one, Snape had one, Dumbledore, Dobby, Fred, and even Hedwig all had one. But not poor Lupin. We just walk in on his dead body, never getting to see him for what I'm sure, knowing Lupin, was a heroic death. It feels like a kind of disrespect to his memory that JK Rowling didn't take the time to give Lupin and Tons something, yet even still his death is "ridikulus"ly sad, to quote his first lesson. RIP to the ...more

How is this not #1? His life was miserable, and then his death was worse. He became a werewolf when he was FIVE. FIVE! He made three amazing friends in Hogwarts, but right after that, one was murdered, one was a traitor, and the other was wrongfully imprisoned. Then he got fired from his job for his condition (even though he was the only good DADA teacher). Then he met the woman he loved and this is what killed me: HE THOUGHT HE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER. He couldn't even see why she loved him. He thought he was worthless. That was a pretty sad scene in my opinion. Then only a few months after his son was born, he DIED - FIGHTING FOR HIM. uggghhh.

For me, it was James' death that was the saddest. Sadder than Sirius, sadder than Dobby, even sadder than Fred.

Reason #1. Lily Potter would have had to hear him die. Or just see a flash of green light and hear a sickening thump, her husband's body hitting the floor. She didn't even have time to grieve, she just had to understand that even if she survived that night, she would live the rest of her life without James. Without her best friend, her husband, her soulmate. She knew that her son would live his life fatherless.

Reason #2. Sirius Black found James' body. I feel like people always forget about that fact. Sirius had to walk inside that house, and see with his own eyes the dead body of his best friend. Probably the person who meant the most to him in his whole life. He probably knelt over James' body, tucked a bit of hair behind his ear, maybe kissed his cheek, and then had to step over his best friend to get to Lily, and save James' son.

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Harry Potter wouldn't be as it is if lily and James wouldn't have died. They were the ones that made the series come to life.

You get me?

What if James and Lily didn't die and have a long lovely life with their ordinary son Harry?

I'm more sad about Lilly than James. We don't know much about James only that he was a bully and his protronus was a stag. where as Lilly we know what happened with her and snape and about aunt pertunia.

Although he didn't get much page time before GoF and wasn't as developed as many characters, this was the first non-villain death of someone we actually knew. So it hits you HARD, man. (Don't even remind me of his parent's reactions or I might cry). Harry was so traumatised by his death, more so than any of the other horrors he had experienced. Cedric was good and kind and brave, he deserved a long and happy life...instead he died at 17. What makes his death even worse is how unnecessary it was (seriously, Peter, you could have used stupefy) and how he would have lived if Harry hadn't tried to do something NICE. Remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he crossed the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.

I don't think he was the saddest death, that still lies with dobby but it was extremely sad the main reason being his father. Its one thing to lose a parent it's another to lose a child. When I watch him scream " MY BOY " I always have tears it's just heartbreaking no other word for it.

This is so sad! Why you ask? Because I took the quiz and found out I'm a Hufflepuff! Every time I read that book, every time I watch that movie, I cry whenever they show him dying. Plus, It's even sadder with Amos yelling "My boy!" Heartbreaking.

If I could choose two I would choose Fred as well but Cedric, I'm in love with. He is my favourite character even though he was in one movie. In my fan fic I invent a spell that brings him back to life because every time I watch Goblet Of Fire I ball my eyes out.

He was one of the best, bravest, coolest, characters. He had a likeable personality. When you think Moody you think of him always being on guard.

He looked like he had SO much potential to be an even greater character than he already is. Did he have to go and die before the stuff gets real?

This death came to me as a shock and I was devastated that he died. I was shocked that he COULD die, he was so strong

Sad death, greatest of most characters. I am glad they found his eye.

1. Harry didn't die. He was dead for about 10 minutes in the last book/movie, but he comes back. He was also dead in an alternate reality in the Cursed Child, but we all agree that the Cursed Child is not canon.
2. Even when he was dead, we never SAW him die, or his body so I don't know why people think he's dead.

I wish Harry didn't die in cursed child. It was so painful the way Rowling described the pain everyone felt when the boy who lived twice finally died.

Sad I didn't know he died in the cursed child until I read the death list.

He had to stay with the horrible Dursley's for so long!

All marauders died protecting Harry, James sacrifice, Sirius's unexpected Lupin in the battle and Pettigrew he died chocking himself to own Harry. I personally think it was really sad. Voldy was very understood too. He was just a orphan in a orphanage with issues that made him feel insane(magic) then all of a sudden Dumbledore comes and Boom! He's a wizard get I. Slytherin (can't blame him) and well you know. Slytherin's are quite power hungry.

He didn't turn good. He was in debt with Harry, so when he was unable to kill him, Voldemort used the silver hands to strangle him.

I don't know.. Rats are cute and all.. But Peter is just awful... He's.. Not even a rat I guess so I hate him.

I hoped he would turn good at the end. All they used it for was to kill him.

The Basilisk was a beautiful creature. It loved life. In it's early life, the Basilisk sat in his room inventing neat gadgets. It's mom and dad did not support his creative side. He moved out at a young age, only 15, started a business. He sold neat little things. He unfortunately found out about the death of his mother, and fell into depression. The Basilisk fought through it though, and reopened his shop, and sold the best darn things he ever had! He invented the can opener, the toilet, and even invented a few spells. He was sleeping, and then was woken by an evil boy, who killed him with a sword. R.I.P., Basilisk. You will be missed.

A majestic creature with a sad end, they were just lonely, and slightly crazed from spending 50 years alone - and god knows how many before that!

The basilisk did NOT deserve to die. It was just being told what to do. The majestic creature died a sad death

The Basilisk was loved by all. He was just extremely misunderstood. All he wanted was a little reading material it's not his fault it was a horcrux. When Percy kills him in the 5th book the deathly hallows I wrote ms. JkR a strongly worded email. #JUSTICEFORBASY

She was bullied all her life and died out of nowhere because she tried to tell a boy to get out of the girl's bathroom in some school. Not the saddest death, but definitely a undeserved, miserable one. And she didn't even get to tell the boy off.

Woah, she should not have died!