Complex sentence: He was convicted in 1990 on extortion charges from an FBI investigation into the alleged infiltration of organized crime into the record business--and died after losing his appeal and two months before he was scheduled to report to prison.
Split into simpler sentences: He was convicted of extortion in 1990, on charges from an FBI investigation of the alleged infiltration of organized crime into the record business. Levy died after losing an appeal, two months before he was scheduled to report to prison.