    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED, ON OCTOBER 30, 1996, THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WHEN HE BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH.  HE CALLED FIRE RESCUE AND ADVISED THEM OF WHAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED, HOWEVER, BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL, HE HAD COLLAPSED.  UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE, WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND IN CARDIAC ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING SINUS RHYTHM.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE, WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND EKG MONITOR SHOWING VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION WHICH CONVERTED TO ASYSTOLE.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 12:48P.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.