     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 3, 1996 THE DECEASED COLLAPSED ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HIS RESIDENCE AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.
     THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE, BUT WAS BEING TREATED BY HUMANA HEALTH CENTER (666-6461).  HE WAS ALSO A VERY HEAVY DRINKER AND HAD BEEN DRINKING HEAVILY ON THE DATE OF DEATH.  HE ALSO HAD BEEN TREATED AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (MR# 085-0626) IN PREVIOUS YEARS.  HE DID NOT SMOKE OR USE ILLEGAL DRUGS.
      MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED: COLCHICINE, ADALAT-CC, ZANTAC, CIMETIDINE, ASPIRIN, FUROSEMIDE AND NIFEDIPINE XL.