First, I felt just shock, and then I felt there's no way, just no way, Dumbledore couldn't be dead, ... So I thought, 'What's the trick?' but unfortunately J.K. Rowling doesn't do that. She's writing about war and in war people die. They are not protected by their office and the esteem in which they are held. She wouldn't compromise that idea by easily bringing him back.  -   Arthur Levine     Quotes
First, I felt just shock, and then I felt there's no way, just no way, Dumbledore couldn't be dead, ... So I thought, 'What's the trick?' but unfortunately J.K. Rowling doesn't do that. She's writing about war and in war people die. They are not protected by their office and the esteem in which they are held. She wouldn't compromise that idea by easily bringing him back. Arthur Levine