Complex sentence: Her second marriage in March 1981 to Dr. Donald Payne, her gynecologist, ended in August 1981 when Payne, who suffered from depression, committed suicide by hanging in their Washington, D.C. townhouse.
Split into simpler sentences: Her second marriage in March 1981 to Dr. Donald Payne, her gynecologist, lasted only a few months. It ended when Payne, who suffered from depression, committed suicide by hanging in their Washington, D.C. townhouse.