     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THE BACK AS OF LATE, AND HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PNEUMONIA.  WAS TAKING TYLENOL FOR THE PAIN.   ON NOVEMBER 30, TO DECEMBER 1,1996 HE WAS TAKEN TO C.A.C./HMO CLINIC FOR EXAMINATION, AND RETURNED HOME AT ABOUT 4:30 AM.   AT 5:00 AM.,  FAMILY MEMBERS FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE ON BATHROOM FLOOR.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED EXPIRED.  
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED SUPINE ON FLOOR, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  ACCORDING TO THE DAUGHTER, THE DECEASED HAD NO PREVIOUS MEDICAL HISTORY. HE WAS NOT BEING SEEN BY ANY DOCTOR OR TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS, EXCEPT TYLENOL LATELY FOR BACK PAIN.  WAS HOSPITALIZED MANY YEARS AGO FOR A HEMORROIDECTOMY.  SHE FURTHER STATED THAT AN EKG DONE AT THE CLINIC JUST BEFORE HIS DEMISE GAVE NORMAL FINDINGS.
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     DECEASED WAS SEEN IN THE URGENT CARE CLINIC, AT C.A.C. ON DECEMBER 1,1996 EARLY A.M.  COMPLAINED OF BACK PAINS FOR 8-10 DAYS. NO FEVER, NO SHORTNESS OF BREATH, NO CHEST PAINS.  LUNGS WERE CLEAR, HEART SHOWED NO MURMUR, NO GALLOPS. EKG SHOWED SINUS RHYTHM AND  A RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK. ALL OTHER TESTS WERE NEGATIVE.  WAS REFERRED TO A PULMONARY SPECIALIS FOR DECEMBER 2, 1996.  HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PNEUMONIA ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER. WAS ON ANTIBIOTICS AND TYLENOL.