Complex sentence: Almost all shark experts feel that the danger presented by sharks has been exaggerated, and even the creator of the "Jaws" phenomenon, the late Peter Benchley, attempted to dispel the myth of sharks being man-eating monsters in the years before his death.
Split into simpler sentences: Almost all shark experts consider that the danger presented by sharks has been exaggerated. The creator of the "Jaws" phenomenon, Peter Benchley, attempted to dispel the myth of sharks being man-eating monsters in the years before his death.