      ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON DECEMBER 11, 1996 DECEASED WAS WORKING AT THE JACKIE GLEASON THEATRE WHEN HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE BEHIND THE BUILDING.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HIM IN CARDIAC ARREST AND CPR BEING PERFORMED BY BYSTANDERS.  I.V.'S WERE STARTED,  MEDICATION ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MT. SINAI MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON ARRIVAL, CPR IN PROGRESS AND WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS. HE WAS DEFIBRILLATED SEVERAL TIMES AND CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 7:40 P.M..
     FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THAT THE DECEASED HAD NO KNOWN MAJOR MEDICAL PROBLEMS.  HE HAD UNDERGONE BACK SURGERY A FEW YEARS AGO FOR A HERNIATED DISC AND WOULD COMPLAIN PERIODICALLY ABT. BACK PAIN.