ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION:  ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1996, DECEASED TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME, SUFFERING A LEFT SUBCAPITAL HIP FRACTURE.  DECEASED WAS THEN ADMITTED TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 6, 1996.  CONSEQUENTIALLY FROM: RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND OTHER UNDERLYING CAUSES, SUCH AS BILATERAL PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS, GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX WITH CONTRIBUTORY LEFT SUBCAPITAL HIP FRACTURE. 