Complex sentence: Viola Herms Drath (1920--2011) was a Washington, DC socialite, a "notable figure in German-American relations for over thirty years", and died at age 91 by murder at the hands of her second husband.
Split into simpler sentences: Viola Herms Drath (1920--2011) was a Washington, DC socialite, a "notable figure in German-American relations for over thirty years". She died at age 91 by murder at the hands of her second husband.