     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS.  WHILE AT WORK ON AUG. 21, 1996 HE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL BY FIRE RESCUE.  
     HE ARRIVED IN THE E/R IN FULL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST, INTUBATED BY RESCUE AND WITH CPR IN PROGRESS.  DESPITE CONTINUOUS RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS HE REMAINED WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS IN ASYSTOLE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:38 AM.
     HE WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. ROBERTS (598-3311) AND WAS TREATED FOR PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION ON THE LEFT, POSSIBLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AFTER STRESS TEST, TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS AND HE SMOKED 2 PACKS OF CIGARETTES A DAY.
     *THE FAMILY OF DECEASED GAVE PERMISSION FOR BONE AND TISSUE DONATIONS.*