Complex sentence: Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23,1954, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American former journalist who became infamous when it was discovered that a Pulitzer Prize-winning story that she had written for "The Washington Post" had been fabricated.
Split into simpler sentences: Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23,1954, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American former journalist. She became infamous when it was discovered that a Pulitzer Prize-winning story that she had written for "The Washington Post" had been fabricated.