Complex sentence: Lane was born Charles Gerstle Levison in San Francisco, California, to Alice G. and Jacob B. Levison; he was, prior to his death, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
Split into simpler sentences: Lane was born Charles Gerstle Levison in San Francisco, California, to Alice G. and Jacob B. Levison. Prior to his death, he was one of the last remaining survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.