Complex sentence: The man who had been the band's leader and driving force for so many years, Ned Theall, suddenly died on January 8,2010, and as would be expected there was some question as to whether the band could or would survive.
Split into simpler sentences: The man who had been the band's leader and driving force for so many years, Ned Theall, suddenly died on January 8,2010. As would be expected, there was some question as to whether the band could or would survive.