Complex sentence: Conrad's marriage to "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner in July 1989 drew worldwide media attention-the comic strip "Doonesbury" referred to the event as the belated end of the 1970s.
Split into simpler sentences: Conrad's marriage to "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner in July 1989 sparked worldwide media attention. The comic strip "Doonesbury" referred to the event as the belated end of the 1970s.