     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY LIVED ALONE.   ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORS,  HE HAD RECENTLY RETURNED HOME FROM HEART SURGERY.  ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1996 AT 5:09 PM., HE WAS FOUND EXPIRED AT HOME.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND OBSERVED THE DECEASED EXPIRED ON BATHROOM FLOOR, IN ADVANCED DECOMPOSITION. THE SCENE SUGGESTED THAT HE HAD CUT HIMSELF (HAND AND FOOT) ON BROKEN GLASSES IN THE KITCHEN, AND RESPONDED TO THE BATHROOM, WHERE HE COLLAPSED AND EXPIRED.  HE APPEARED TO BE A HEAVY SMOKER.
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     WAS LAST ADMITTED TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER ON AUGUST 2, 1995 TO AUGUST 10, 1995.  FINAL DIAGNOSIS:  CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS. HISTORY OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER. OSTEOPOROSIS. HISTORY OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS. SURGICAL PROCEDURE DONE:  CAROTID ARTERY BYPASS.