Han dödade hans själs stycke genom att använda Avada Kedavra på Harry.
Dumbledore förklarar till Harry att stycket av den mörka Herrens själ inuti honom skulle ha blivit dödad när han drabbades av Avada Kedavra.
“So the part of his soul that was in me …’ Dumbledore nodded still more enthusiastically, urging Harry onwards, a broad smile of encouragement on his face. ‘… has it gone?’
‘Oh, yes!’ said Dumbledore. ‘Yes, he destroyed it. Your soul is whole, and completely your own, Harry.”
Den själen var inte skyddad som medvetet skapade Horcruxes, det var inte heller knuten till livet på något annat sätt - så det dog när Killing Curse slog Harry.
Harry levde eftersom den mörka Herren använde sitt blod.
Harry överlevde dock Killing Curse eftersom hans mammas blod levde i den mörka lorden och bundet honom till livet.
“He took your blood believing it would strengthen him. He took into his body a tiny part of the enchantment your mother laid upon you when she died for you. His body keeps her sacrifice alive, and while that enchantment survives, so do you and so does Voldemort’s one last hope for himself.”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 35 (King’s Cross)
Det låter Harry överleva - även om själsdelen dog.