Complex sentence: Elphick struggled with a highly publicised addiction to alcohol, at the height of his problem he admitted to consuming two litres of spirits a day, which contributed towards his death from a heart attack in 2002 at just 55 years old.
Split into simpler sentences: Elphick struggled with a highly publicised addiction to alcohol and at the height of his problem he admitted to consuming two litres of spirits a day. The alcoholism contributed towards his death from a heart attack in 2002 at just 55 years old.