Complex sentence: Charles Einstein (August 2,1926--March 7,2007) was a newspaperman and sportswriter and he also wrote the novel "The Bloody Spur" on which the film "While the City Sleeps" by Fritz Lang was based.
Split into simpler sentences: Charles Einstein (August 2,1926--March 7,2007) was a newspaperman and sportswriter. He was also the author of the novel "The Bloody Spur" on which the film "While the City Sleeps" by Fritz Lang was based.