Original sentence: He is working with Menken on the upcoming stage adaptation of Disney's The Little Mermaid as its new lyricist replacing the animated film's lyricist Howard Ashman who died in 1991 from AIDS
Edited sentence: He is working with Menken on the upcoming stage adaptation of Disney's The Little Mermaid as its new lyricist replacing the animated film's lyricist Howard Ashman who passed away in 1991 from AIDS