Complex sentence: Giordano was suffering from cancer when he was sent to prison in the mid- 1970s, though he survived until August 29,1980, when he died in his bed at the age of 67 at his South St. Louis home.
Split into simpler sentences: Giordano was suffering from cancer when he was sent to prison in the mid- 1970s. He fought it off until August 29,1980, when he died in his bed at the age of 67 at his South St. Louis home.