    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON NOVEMBER 23, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS COMPLAINING TO HIS FRIEND THAT HE DID NOT FEEL WELL.  HIS FRIEND LEFT THE RESIDENCE TO GET OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.  WHEN THEY RETURNED, THEY FOUND HIM UNCONSCIOUS.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.
      DECEASED WAS A HEAVY DRINKER - A SHOPPING CART FILLED WITH BEER WAS FOUND INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.  HE HAD A HISTORY OF A ALCOHOL ABUSE, HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER.   HE WAS HOSPITALIZED IN JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN DECEMBER 1995 WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION  AND PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA.