     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD HAD A SEVERE COUGH FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.  A FRIEND WHO HAD BEEN LIVING WITH HIM ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED WAS SEEN ON AUGUST 16,1996 BY DR. KAREN MARCUS, AND AT THAT TIME DR. MARCUS WANTED TO PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL DUE TO AN ENLARGED HEART.  THE DECEASED WENT HOME, RATHER TO LISTEN TO THE DOCTOR.  ON AUGUST 19, HE WOKE-UP AT ABOUT 5:00 AM., UNABLE TO BREATH.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND FOUND HIM WITH NO VITAL SIGNS, EKG SHOWING A HEART RATE OF 40.  CPR WAS INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA DEERING HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 5:50 A.M., UNRESPONSIVE, WITH NO VITAL SIGNS, ON THUMPER.  WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 6:00 AM.
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     THE DECEASED WAS SEEN AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF SOUTH DADE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ONAUGUST 16,1996 COMPLAINING OF CONGESTION, AND FEELING TIRED AND WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH,  CHEST X-RAYS SHOWED GROSS CARDIOMEGALY CONSISTANT WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. EKG SHOWED A LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK.  HE GAVE HISTORY OF AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN 1988.  REFUSED TO SEEK FURTHER MEDICAL ATTENION AND SIGNED A.M.A. (AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE).