Complex sentence: DeBeck's lifelong assistant Fred Lasswell, a self-described "hayseed" himself, took over "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith" in 1942, and drew the strip until his death on March 3,2001.
Split into simpler sentences: DeBeck's lifelong assistant Fred Lasswell, a self-described "hayseed" himself, took over "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith" in 1942. Lasswell drew the strip until his death on March 3,2001.