Complex sentence: Curtis Bill Pepper (August 30,1917-April 4,2014), an American journalist and author, was Newsweek's Mediterranean bureau chief in Rome from 1957 to 1969.
Split into simpler sentences: Curtis Bill Pepper (August 30,1917-April 4,2014), an American journalist and author. Pepper was "Newsweek" s Mediterranean bureau chief in Rome from 1957 to 1969.