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6 Post author: NancyLebovitz 25 July 2013 04:36AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 July 2013 07:37:16PM *  1 point [-]

James didn't choose to die at Voldemort's hand

I don't have the books handy to check this, but the Harry Potter Wiki claims that he faced Voldemort, wandless, while buying time for Harry and Lily to flee. Sounds like choosing death to me.

Comment author: gwern 26 July 2013 08:29:38PM 1 point [-]

Well, if you really wanted to argue that, I suppose you could.