Complex sentence: On the day before his execution, Grasso released four statements to the press, the first, at 3:00 p.m., read, What we call the beginning is often the end, and to make an end is to make a beginning.
Split into simpler sentences: On the day before his execution, Grasso released four statements to the press. The first, at 3:00 p.m., read, What we call the beginning is often the end, and to make an end is to make a beginning.