Complex sentence: According to unofficial biographer Jane Scovell and O'Neill's former daughter-in-law, Patrice Chaplin, she was an alcoholic, and in the late 1980s returned permanently to Manoir de Ban, becoming almost a recluse.
Split into simpler sentences: According to unofficial biographer Jane Scovell and O'Neill's former daughter-in-law, Patrice Chaplin, O'Neill was an alcoholic. In the late 1980's she returned permanently to Manoir de Ban, becoming almost a recluse.