    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RECORDS,  DECEASED AND HIS WIFE WERE VACATIONING IN CAYMAN ISLAND.  ON NOVEMBER 24, 1996 THEY WERE SNORKELING WHEN HE SUDDENLY WENT UNDERWATER FOR ABT. 2 MINUTES BEFORE BEING RESCUED.  HE WAS TAKEN TO GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL ON THE ISLAND AND EVENTUALLY TRANSPORTED HIM TO JACKSON MEMORIAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ASPIRATION OF SALT WATER, NEAR DROWNING.  A CHEST X-RAY SHOWED BILATERAL INFILTRATES. HE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED AND HIS CONDITION BEGAN TO DETERIORATE, HE BECAME CONFUSED AND AGITATED REQUIRING INTUBATION.  HE DEVELOPED RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY, HYPOTENSION AND PNEUMONIA VERSES ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME.  HE REMAINED ON VENTILATORY SUPPORT UNTIL HIS EXPIRATION ON DECEMBER 5, 1996.
       FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THAT THE DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF KIDNEY CANCER, NEPHRECTOMY AND CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT.  
      ***FAMILY REQUESTED NO AUTOPSY BECAUSE OF JEWISH BELIEFS***