Complex sentence: Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18,1937--February 20,2005), an American journalist and author born in Louisville, Kentucky to a middle-class family, had a turbulent youth after the death of his father left the family in poverty.
Split into simpler sentences: Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18,1937--February 20,2005) was an American journalist and author. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, to a middle-class family, Thompson had a turbulent youth after the death of his father left the family in poverty.