Complex sentence: She was considered an innovator in combining dance with comedy, and branched into dramatic roles on Broadway and early television, but her career was ultimately cut short, ending several years before her death at age 43, as she suffered complications from diabetes.
Split into simpler sentences: She was considered an innovator in combining dance with comedy, and branched into dramatic roles on Broadway and early television. But her career was ultimately cut short, ending several years before her death at age 43, as she suffered complications from diabetes.