    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON OCTOBER 22, 1996, ABT. 6:50A.M., THE WIFE OF THE DECEASED FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL FOUND FAMILY ADMINISTERING C.P.R.  HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE, AND IN CARDIAC ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING ASYSTOLE.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM. 
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE, WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND EKG MONITOR REMAINING IN ASYSTOLE.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 7:38A.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
    HE HAS A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND CEREBRALVASCULAR ACCIDENT.