Complex sentence: In 2009, Pendergrass underwent surgery for colon cancer and had difficulty recovering from that disease from which he eventually died following respiratory failure on January 13,2010, at age 59, while hospitalized at Bryn Mawr Hospital in suburban Philadelphia.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2009, Pendergrass underwent surgery for colon cancer and had difficulty recovering. He died following respiratory failure on January 13,2010, at age 59, while hospitalized at Bryn Mawr Hospital in suburban Philadelphia.