Complex sentence: Jimmy played the cornet given to him by Bix Beiderbecke throughout his career and died of lung cancer in Port Washington, New York in 1991, three days before his 84th birthday.
Split into simpler sentences: Jimmy played the cornet given to him by Bix Beiderbecke throughout his career. Jimmy died of lung cancer in Port Washington, New York in 1991, three days before his 84th birthday.