     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  ON OCTOBER 19, 1996, ABOUT 6:30 PM,  THE  DECEASED'S SISTER WENT TO CHECK ON HER WELFARE AND FOUND HER EXPIRED SITTING IN A CHAIR. ACCORDING  TO DECEASED'S SISTER SHE HAS A HISTORY OF CARDIAC PROBLEMS AND DIABETES. 

      POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.

      THE DECEASED WAS ADMITTED TO COLUMBIA CEDARS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ON MAY 14, 1996 TO MAY 19,1996.  FINAL DIAGNOSIS:  ASTHMA.  CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH ASTHMA, DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE  I  AND CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS.  ON JUNE 15, 1996, TO JUNE 24, 1996, READMITTED  WITH A FINAL DIAGNOSIS OF: RESPIRATORY FAILURE, OBSTRUCTIVE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION, HYPERTENSION, CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND ANXIETY STATE. MEDICATIONS: PROVENTIL, AZMACORT, ATROVENT, HALDOL, VASOTEC, NITRO-PATCH, HUMULIN.