Complex sentence: The cancellation dealt a crushing blow to Adolphe Nourrit's hopes of reviving his flagging career and on 8 March 1839 he committed suicide by jumping from the window of his apartment in Naples.
Split into simpler sentences: The cancellation dealt a crushing blow to Adolphe Nourrit's hopes of reviving his flagging career. On 8 March 1839 he committed suicide by jumping from the window of his apartment in Naples.