The other semps in the pot are nice and compact. I turn the pot once a week or so so all sides get good sun (7+ hours of full sun). Is this just a reflection of the specific type? The top pic does not appear to be blooming so I do not think it is on its death spiral. Any thoughts?

Some semps have a trunk and such. You could behead them, though I'm not sure that would be very efficient.
I'd say to just clean the dead leaves, and they will look like palm trees lol... You might want to plant sedum or something like that if you want to had a compact companion to block up the soil.

Gig, like Alex said, you could remove the dead leaves and bury the stems deeper into the soil so that the rosette could be closer/level to the soil level or pot neck. Personally, I would cut the rosettes off the long stem, leaving a little stem and just wait till the wound dries and push it back into the soil. Roots will form to anchor rosette into the soil. If at weird angle in the pocket to stay in soil, use pins to anchor rosette till roots do their job.

I'm a firm believer in rotating pots to get more even exposure and growth. Makes a difference in the way semps look.
Not all sempervivums grow at the same rate, thus some reach to a longer stem than others. Some have short fat stems that aren't so long. I'm amazed at the diversity of semps regarding not just leaf shape, color, and thickness, but differences in fatness of leaf, root, stem and growing patterns.

Hi Gigi. Both Alex and Bev have some great advice.
Semps can differ as Bev said. This one appears to have longer stolons, the stem that the new offsets grow on.
This one also seems to have more die off of the lower/bottom leaves that make contact with the soil. That can be remedied by using a gravel top dressing. I use #2 chicken grit, or 1/4" minus sharp, cleaned gravel. This will protect the bottom leaves from dying like yours.
The new leaf growth comes from the center of the rosette, so as the bottom, older leaves, die off more of the crown/stem is exposed. As Bev said, you can behead the rosette leaving about an inch or two of the stem attached to the rosette, be sure to clean all the dead leaves off the stem. Let it heal for a few days in a protected area. When the wound is dry/healed replant it, be sure to use a top dressing to protect the lower leaves. Keep the newly planted rosette in a protected area until you see new growth.
The rosettes in the side holes look to have roots already. Take them out of the hole, loosen the soil and replant as they are. Be sure to remove all the dead leaves before replanting. And don't forget the top dressing.
You can see in this photo that the gravel/grit is under the rosettes, right up against the crown/root of the rosette. The young offsets will send roots down through the gravel, and will have gravel under their leaves.

Love your dragon fly.