   ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED AND HIS WIFE WERE APPARENTLY VISITING MIAMI FROM NEW YORK.  ON DECEMBER 13, 1996, HE WAS OUT ON THE BEACH THROWING A FOOTBALL WHEN HE BEGAN COMPLAINING OF SHARP CHEST PAINS AND NAUSEA.  HE RETURNED TO HIS HOTEL ROOM AND CONTINUED HAVING SEVERE CHEST PAINS THAT CAUSED HIM TO FALL FROM THE BED.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HIM IN VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.  HE WAS INTUBATED, CPR INITIATED AND TRANSPORTED TO AVENTURA HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL, IN FULL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST AND CPR IN PROGRESS.  HE WAS WITHOUT A PULSE AND IN ASYSTOLE RHYTHM. A PERICARDIOCENTISIS WAS DONE WITH NO BLOOD RETURN NOTED. CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND EXPIRED AT 4:42 P.M.
     DECEASED WIFE STATED THAT HE HAD NO KNOWN MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND WAS NOT UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE.