Original sentence: He became an advocate  within the stuttering community and set up a foundation to aid stutterers.He earned several awards for his contribution to stutterers around the world.He has many  awards to his credit, including 'Artist of the Year' awards from Germany  and Japan, the MTV award for Best Male Artist, and Europe's Goldena Award.He wrote lyrics dealing with overcoming adversity, accepting yourself as you are, and finding peace, all relating back to John's own experience.John's condition worsened and after a long battle, John died on the evening of the 3rd of December at his home in Los Angeles
Edited sentence: Despite all this, John remained down-to-Earth and level headed, probably because fame came to him at the age of 52 and he'd "got his priorities sorted".During that week, the shocked world gradually learned it had lost a much-loved and talented hero, inspiration and friend.He became an advocate and hero within the stuttering community, and earned several awards for his contribution to stutterers around the world... even setting up a foundation to aid stutterers.He has countless awards to his credit, including 'Artist of the Year' awards from Germany  and Japan, the MTV award for Best Male Artist, and Europe's Goldena Award.He wrote lyrics dealing with overcoming adversity, accepting yourself as you are, and finding peace in a crazy world, all relating back to John's own experience.John's main ambition was always to help others, and for those who knew him and for his fans around the world, he became a hero and icon, helping people through his music and when he could, on an individual basis.John's uplifting attitude never faded.Nobody could have guessed it was his parting gift to the world.Sadly, John's condition worsened and after a long battle, John died on the evening of the 3rd of December at his home in Los Angeles