Complex sentence: Alasdair David Gordon Milne (8 October 19308 January 2013) was Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation between July 1982 and January 1987.
Split into simpler sentences: Alasdair David Gordon Milne (8 October 19308 January 2013) was a British television executive. He served as Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation between July 1982 and January 1987.