Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: It acquired its distinctive large crack sometime in the early 19th centuryâ '' a widespread story claims it cracked while ringing after the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 .
Simplified: The bell got its large , well-known crack in the early 19th century . One story claims it was cracked while ringing after Chief Justice John Marshall died in 1835 .