     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON AUGUST 20, 1996 A.M., THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME SLEEPING IN THE SAME BEDROOM WITH HIS SON, WHEN THE SON NOTICED THAT HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING.  A CALL WAS PLACED TO "911" AND RESCUE RESPONDED TO FIND THE DECEASED, WITH NO VITAL SIGNS, EXPIRED.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.   MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF: ZITHROMAX 250., PREDNISONE 5MG., GLIPIZIDE 5MG., AMBIEN 5MG., THEO-DUR 300MG., AND ATROVENT AND VANCERIL INHALERS.
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     THE DECEASED WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. JOSE GARRIGO, 227-0604, WHO LAST SAW HIM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AT MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER-EMERGENCY ROOM FOR AN ASTHMATIC ATTACK.  HE HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO HIS ASTHMA.  DIAGNOSIS:  SEVERE ASTHMA, NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS.