Complex sentence: In 1987, Marshall Crenshaw portrayed Buddy Holly in the movie "La Bamba", which depicts him performing at the Surf Ballroom and boarding the fatal airplane with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1987, Marshall Crenshaw portrayed Buddy Holly in the movie "La Bamba". He is featured performing at the Surf Ballroom and boarding the doomed airplane with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper.