    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 6, 1996, THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WHEN HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE AN ASTHMA ATTACK.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AND IN CARDIAC ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.   EMERGENCY TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE.  VITAL SIGNS:  B/P 110/70,  PULSE  140, RESP. 40.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 10:25A.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.   