     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON DECEMBER 28, 1996 AT 5:30 A.M., THE DECEASED'S SON ATTEMPTED TO WAKE THE DECEASED UP TO USE THE BATHROOM AS IT WAS CUSTOMARILY DONE, AND FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE AND COLD TO THE TOUCH.  HE REPORTEDLY WRAPPED HER UP IN A BLANKET TO WARM HER UP AND TRANSPORTED THE DECEASED VIA PRIVATE VEHICLE TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER.  WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 5:55 AM., UNRESPONSIVE, WITH NO VITAL SIGNS, RIGOROUS.  WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 6:00 AM.
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    SHE HAD HISTORY OF APHASIA, SECONDARY TO CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT, AND WAS STATUS POST RIGHT ARM FRACTURE.  HER PHYSICIAN REFUSED TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.