JKR had not originally intended for Remus and Tonks to die. It was so obvious in the writing. There was no closure for those two characters. Harsh. Very harsh.
According to Rowling's first interview, Arthur Weasley was the one who got a reprieve (instead of dying in Book 5) and Remus was killed instead
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So, according to the new interview up on Mugglenet, Aurthor Weasley was the one who got the reprieve, and that was all the way back in book five
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