Complex sentence: Jaime Benítez (October 29,1908-May 30,2001) author, academic, politician, was born in Vieques, a small island about twenty miles from the shores of Puerto Rico.
Split into simpler sentences: Jaime Benítez (October 29,1908-May 30,2001) was a Puero Rican author, academic, politician. Benítez was born in Vieques, a small island about twenty miles from the shores of Puerto Rico.