When filming began in September 2000 for Sorcerer's Stone, Harris was 69 years old with his 70th birthday coming a month later. Harris sadly passed away in 2002 at the age of 72.

After being delayed and getting a new publisher, Simon the Sorcerer Origins will finally see the light of day later this year ...

However, in Sorcerer's Stone, the old man is a far more mysterious and distant figure. From Harry's and readers' perspectives, Dumbledore is almost omniscient and god-like.

at the theatre libre; paris enjoys a bucolic play with a village wizard. anthelm's rustic drama, "le fin du vieux temps" -- antoine as an old tyrant farmer -- a picturesque sorcerer.