Complex sentence: Howard Gerald "Jerry" Clower (September 28,1926--August 24,1998) was a popular country comedian best known for his stories of the rural South and nicknamed "The Mouth of Mississippi".
Split into simpler sentences: Howard Gerald "Jerry" Clower (September 28,1926--August 24,1998) was an American comedian. Born and raised in the Southern United States, he was best known for his stories of the rural South and was nicknamed "The Mouth of Mississippi".