Updated 03 November 2002, 17.17

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She added: "It's been really hard for us all but everybody has been really nice, and no one will ever be able to replace him."

Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe also had some kind words for the actor who played Dumbledore in the first two films.

JK says book five will be ready very soon

"He would have liked to have been here tonight," Daniel said, "he liked a good party. We did some very emotional scenes together. It is very hard."

All the stars were at the amazing spectacle in London's Leicester Square, including the lady behind the books JK Rowling - and she had some great news for fans impatient for book five.

Newsround's Lizo quizzed her on the next book in the series and as well as saying she enjoyed the film, revealed that the book would be ready very, very soon.

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She said it just needed a tiny bit more tweaking and then she'd be ready to hand it over to the publishers.

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