Complex sentence: On May 19,1909, he died suddenly of another stroke, barely 6 weeks before full operations were scheduled to begin on his Virginian Railway, and only two days short of fifteen years after his beloved Abbie, and also in New York City.
Split into simpler sentences: On May 19,1909, he died suddenly of another stroke. It was barely 6 weeks before full operations were scheduled to begin on his Virginian Railway, and only two days short of fifteen years after his beloved Abbie, and also in New York City.