Complex sentence: Gaaikema came out as a gay man in 1988, in a New Year's Eve show; he married his manager, and the two lived in Schijndel, North Brabant, until Gaaikema died after a brief illness.
Split into simpler sentences: Gaaikema came out as a gay man in 1988, in a New Year's Eve show. He married his manager, and the two lived in Schijndel, until Gaaikema died after a brief illness.