     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON OCTOBER 29, 1996 DECEASED WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES TO EXPERIENCE SEIZURE-LIKE ACTIVITY AND COLLAPSE ONTO THE STREET.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HIM CYANOTIC WITHOUT A CAROTID PULSE AND IN ASYSTOLE RHYTHM.  CPR WAS INITIATED, I.V.'S STARTED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL.
       UPON ARRIVAL, IN CARDIAC ARREST, INTUBATED AND WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS.  ADDITIONAL MEDICATIONS WERE ADMINISTERED. HE WAS PLACED ON VENTILATION AND ADMITTED INTO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH AN IMPRESSION OF CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST - RULE OUT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, HYPERGLYCEMIA AND ANEMIA.   HE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED WITH POOR PROGNOSIS UNTIL HIS EXPIRATION ON OCTOBER 29, 1996.
      DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.  HE WAS TREATED AT VETERAN ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL IN SEPTEMER 1996 AND HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF ANGINA, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, LEFT VENTRICLE MURAL THROMBUS, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, LARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AND DEPRESSION. 