Complex sentence: Dave Dee was a Justice of the Peace in Cheshire until he retired from the bench in 2008 due to his ailing health, but remarkably continued to perform with his band almost up until his death on 9 January 2009.
Split into simpler sentences: Dave Dee was a Justice of the Peace in Cheshire until he retired from the bench in 2008 due to his ailing health. He continued to perform with his band almost up until his death on 9 January 2009.