    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON  THE EARLY MORNING OF AUGUST 22, 1996, THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF NOT FEELING WELL, HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED, ADMINISTERED EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO MT. SINAI MEDICAL CENTER.  

    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND IN CARDIAC ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING ASYSTOLE.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 12:25AM, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

    ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE, ABT. 4 YEARS AGO, HE WAS ADVISED BY HIS MEDICAL DOCTOR THAT HE HAD ADVANCED LUNG DISEASE AND WAS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE.  HE HOWEVER, REMAINED HEALTHY, BUT HAD RECENT PROBLEMS WITH BOWEL MOVEMENTS.
 
     HE HAD BEEN TREATES BY DR. RICARDO BLONDET (674-5991).  ACCORDING TO DR. BLONDETS RECORDS, HE HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.   HE HAD ALSO BEEN TREATED AT MT. SINAI MEDICAL CENTER WITH A HISTORY OF EMPHYSEMA (TERMINAL) CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE, AND PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE.
    