Complex sentence: According to a 2014 retrospective on his life published by the "Herald" newspaper, he "was never short of controversy"; he reportedly built Sam Levy's Village without municipal permission and only regularised the complex when authorities threatened to demolish it.
Split into simpler sentences: According to a 2014 retrospective on his life published by the "Herald" newspaper, he "was never short of controversy". He reportedly built Sam Levy's Village without municipal permission and only regularised the complex when authorities threatened to demolish it.