Complex sentence: Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 1st, 1937, the son of Mayme Edna (née Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber who died April 27,1961, from cirrhosis.
Split into simpler sentences: Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 1st, 1937. He was the son of Mayme Edna (née Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber who died April 27,1961, from cirrhosis.