Complex sentence: David Sanjek (3 September 1952-29 November 2011) was Chair in Popular Music and Director of the University of Salford Music Research Centre and a distinguished scholar who published widely on Popular Music, Film, Media Studies, Copyright Law and Popular Culture.
Split into simpler sentences: David Sanjek (3 September 1952-29 November 2011) was Chair in Popular Music and Director of the University of Salford Music Research Centre. He was a distinguished scholar who published widely on Popular Music, Film, Media Studies, Copyright Law and Popular Culture.