     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 1, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS OUTSIDE RAKING HIS BACKYARD WHEN HE SUDDENLY COLLPASED AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE PATIO.  THE FALL WAS NOT WITNESSED.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  HE ARRIVED IN THE E/R IN ASYSTOLE AND DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 11:36 AM.
       ACCORDING TO DR. RODRIGUEZ-MAY (324-2000) THE DECEASED WAS STATUS POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, CARDIAC ARRYTHMIAS, MILD HYPERTENSION AND MILD RENAL INSUFFICIENCY.  A STRESS TEST ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO REVEALED SOME CORONARY ISCHEMIA.  HE PRESCRIBED ANTI-ANGINAL MEDICATION.