Complex sentence: It was first aired in December 2003, just two days after his mother died unexpectedly from a heart attack; in an eerie coincidence, the special's last scenes featured her giving her son a standing ovation, recorded for the occasion a month before.
Split into simpler sentences: It was first aired in December 2003, just two days after his mother died unexpectedly from a heart attack. In an eerie coincidence, the special's last scenes featured her giving her son a standing ovation, recorded for the occasion a month before.