JK Rowling 'hated killing off' Harry Potter characters

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Last Updated : Sep 08 2014 | 1:15 PM IST

On the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, JK Rowling has revealed that she "hated killing off" characters in the Harry Potter series.

The 49-year-old British novelist, who has extended her support to Scotland's Better Together campaign, and expressed her feelings about killing off characters in the popular wizard series, Metro.co.uk reported.

She also responded to Twitter reactions about how some fans stopped liking Albus Dumbledore after she revealed that he was gay in 2007, and sarcastic advised them to "start following Brian Souter at once", as he is "much more your kind of person", however, her tweet was deleted later.

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First Published: Sep 08 2014 | 1:00 PM IST

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