Complex sentence: Richard Gray Eder (August 16,1932--November 21,2014) was for 20 years variously a foreign correspondent, a film reviewer and the drama critic for the "New York Times".
Split into simpler sentences: Richard Gray Eder (August 16,1932--November 21,2014) was an American critic. For 20 years, he was variously a foreign correspondent, a film reviewer and the drama critic for the "New York Times".