Oh, it's not. But I think you'll want to hear this. Because I don't think he actually died.

[ He lets that settle for a moment before continuing. ]

The stories I've read are clearly adaptations of your lives. They're written from your perspective, and the one in which Sherlock dies is called "The Final Problem." Except he didn't die. He returns a year or two later in disguise, chasing after one of Moriarty's surviving men.

He's not dead, John.