Complex sentence: While in Atlanta to visit the chapter at Emory University, he fell ill and died in early 1968 at the university hospital; he had battled chronic lymphatic leukemia since 1960.
Split into simpler sentences: While in Atlanta to visit the chapter at Emory University, he fell ill and died in early 1968 at the university hospital. Wicks had battled chronic lymphatic leukemia since 1960.