     ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED: THE DECEASED RESIDED AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION NURSING HOME.  WHILE THERE, HE FELL AND FRACTURED HIS HIP ON SEPT. 9, 1996.  HE UNDERWENT AN OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION PROCEDURE, BUT DIED ON SEPT. 19, 1996 AT 7:30 AM.
     HE HAD A HISTORY OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, DEHYDRATION, GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED, VOLUME DEPLETION, ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA AND ANEMIA.