     ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED: DECEMBER 27, 1996 AT APPROX 1:30 A.M. THE DECEASED GRANDSON CAME HOME FROM WORK AND DISCOVERED THE DECEASED LYING IN BED IN THE BEDROOM WITH A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD AND BLEEDING. HE WAS ALERT AND STATED THAT HE HAD BECOME DIZZY AND FELL IN THE PATIO/POOL AREA. UPON CHECKING THIS AREA HE NOTED BLOOD THERE ALSO. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE DEC'D, HE FOUND HIM SITTING ON THE TOILET VOMITING BLOOD. HE SUMMONED FIRE-RESUE WHO RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO MARINER'S HOSPITAL. HE REMAINED ALERT UNTIL 6:00 A.M. WHEN HIS BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASED AND HE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.  HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL.
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL HE WAS ADMITTED WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED WITH SHOCK, CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF HYPOTHYPOIDISM, LARYNGEAL CANCER AND RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK AS WELL AS CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND HE NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD DECEMBER 28, 1996.