Complex sentence: Robert Francis Murphy was Professor of anthropology at Columbia University in New York City, from the 1960s to October 8,1990 when he died at home in Leonia, New Jersey (Social Security Death Index).
Split into simpler sentences: Robert Francis Murphy was Professor of anthropology at Columbia University in New York City, from the early 1960s to 1990. He died October 8,1990 when at his home in Leonia, New Jersey (Social Security Death Index).