     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE NOVEMBER 6, 1996 BY A FRIEND. ON NOVEMBER 9, 1996 THE SAME FRIEND RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE AFTER NEGATIVE RESULTS OF NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO REACH HIM. UPON HIS ARRIVAL, HE ENTERED WITH A KEY. HE DISCOVERED THE DEC'D LYING ON THE FLOOR UNRESPONSIVE. FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM D.O.A.. NO INFORMATION ON NEXT OF KIN.
     PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: DECEASED HAD BEEN TREATED AT CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER FOR SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION WITH HISTORY OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND IS A KNOWN HEAVY SMOKER. 
     THE DECEASED WAS ADMITTED TO  CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER FROM AUGUST 9,  TO AUGUST 27, 1993.  DIAGNOSIS:  ACUTE LEFT LOWER LOBE PNEUMONIA. HISTORY OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.  MEDICATIONS ON DISCHARGE: NITRODUR, LASIX, VERAMIL, ZANTAC,  CATAPRESS, K-DUR, THEO-FUR, AND TUSSI-ORGANIDIN.