Harry Potter: 16 Most Devastating Deaths Ranked From Worst To Best

13. Charity Burbage

How she died: Killing Curse Who killed her: Lord Voldemort Why it is emotional: Burbage, a Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts did nothing wrong but was tortured and killed by Voldemort because of her choice of profession, as well as her acceptance of muggles and muggle born witches and wizards. In an agonising moment, and because Snape is trying to gain Voldemort's trust, he ignores her pleas to save her life, in a room full of strangers who are mocking her and her inevitable doom.

"Severus please. We were friends."

She might have been introduced as no more than a narrative device to show Voldemort's capacity for evil, but her death was horribly effective.