Original sentence: Later that night when the couple returned to The Dakota (their home in New York City), Lennon was murdered by deranged fan Mark David Chapman
Edited sentence: It is now just a story -- an incredible, almost unbelievable slice of history that the final day of John Lennon's life would end following the recording of this song.Later that night when the couple returned to The Dakota (their home in New York City), Lennon was murdered by a deranged fan.Lennon's guitar work on this song has been hailed as being his most creative ever, and is harrowing as are Yoko Ono's lyrics.What makes this song so haunting are her lyrics which talk of the unpredictability of life and death -- of "tossing the dice in the air" -- and reach the conclusion, "when our hearts return to ashes, it will be just a story...."  John and Yoko were ecstatic with how well the song turned out, and were returning home from the recording studio when he was shot dead