J.K. Rowling killed off a lot of characters in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” — the last book in the core “Harry Potter” franchise. She’s been slowly apologizing for them since its publication in 2007, but Tuesday morning, she offered another, more polarizing one.
In her tradition of apologizing for one of her many fictional murders, on May 2 — the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts — she offered one for killing off Professor Severus Snape. She did so with trepidation.
OK, here it is. Please don't start flame wars over it, but this year I'd like to apologise for killing (whispers)… Snape.