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Call me a sentimental old fool, but this article on BBC News nearly brought tears to my eyes. It is reported via the Sunday Mirror tabloid newspaper that J.K.Rowling (Joanne Kathleen Rowling) – the author of the famous Harry Potter series of books (see my previous coverage) granted a dying child’s wish.
Nine year old Catie Hoch was dying from Neuroblastoma (an aggressive childhood cancer) and when it became clear that little Catie only had weeks to live, JK Rowling read her the manuscript of the then incomplete “Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire” book.
Whilst I understand that she will probably be unwilling to do a similar act for every child (if you just think about the number of children that are Harry Potter fans and the number that could be seriously ill at this moment of time- it wouldn’t give her time to do anything else), it is still quite “touching” and thoughtful. Yeah, some people will probably scream “publicity whore” – but does it really matter to a dying little girl? It just about “makes up” the time when Warner Brothers (who own the film rights to the Harry Potter films) started threatening maintainers of various Harry Potter websites – some of those being children…
News: Harry Potter and the Act Of Kindness
Nine year old Catie Hoch was dying from Neuroblastoma (an aggressive childhood cancer) and when it became clear that little Catie only had weeks to live, JK Rowling read her the manuscript of the then incomplete “Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire” book.
Whilst I understand that she will probably be unwilling to do a similar act for every child (if you just think about the number of children that are Harry Potter fans and the number that could be seriously ill at this moment of time- it wouldn’t give her time to do anything else), it is still quite “touching” and thoughtful. Yeah, some people will probably scream “publicity whore” – but does it really matter to a dying little girl? It just about “makes up” the time when Warner Brothers (who own the film rights to the Harry Potter films) started threatening maintainers of various Harry Potter websites – some of those being children…