     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: OCTOBER 15, 1996 DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, THE DEC'D GOT UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. HIS WIFE ASSISTED HIM AND KEFT HIM SITTING ON TH TOILET FOR APPROX ONE MINUTE. UPON HER RETURN, SHE OBSERVED THE DEC'D COLLAPSED ON THE TOILET WITH HIS UPPER BODY ON THE BACK PORTION OF THE TOILET. SHE GOT NO RESPONSE, WHICHAFTER SHE SUMMONED FIRE-RESCUE.
     UPON FIRE-RESCUE ARRIVAL, HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PARKWAY WEST HOSPITAL WHERE HE ARRIVED AT 4:35 A.M. WITH NO CHANGE IN CONDITION, C.P.R. STILL IN PROGRESS. ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESUSCITATE WERE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:58 A.M..

     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. KATZ FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, SEVERE AND ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER AND UROPATHY OBSTRUCTION. FAMILY MEMBERS REQUESTED AN AUTOPSY.