Complex sentence: Tim Maia (pronounced), (September 28,1942--March 15,1998), born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia in Rio de Janeiro, was a Brazilian musician known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and polemical (but always humorous) musical style.
Split into simpler sentences: Tim Maia (pron.), (September 28,1942-March 15,1998), born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia in Rio de Janeiro was a Brazilian musician. He was known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and polemical (but always humorous) musical style.