Complex sentence: Michelle Justine Lang (31 January 1975 in Vancouver, British Columbia--30 December 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan) was a "Calgary Herald" reporter and the first Canadian journalist to die in the War in Afghanistan.
Split into simpler sentences: Michelle Justine Lang (31 January 1975--30 December 2009) was a Canadian journalist. Lang was a "Calgary Herald" reporter and the first Canadian journalist to die in the War in Afghanistan.