Complex sentence: Dale died in the summer of 1961 following surgery in Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood, she had been married to writer and director Arthur J. Beckhard, who predeceased her by four months.
Split into simpler sentences: Dale died in the summer of 1961 following surgery in Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood. She had been married to writer and director Arthur J. Beckhard, who predeceased her by four months.