     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS A RESIDENT OF CANADA  WHO WAS TRAVELING WTH A FRIEND ON A CRUISE IN THE CARIBBEAN, ABOARD THE M/S SENSATION.   SHE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON DECEMBER 4,1996 AT 1:30 AM.  SHE HAD GOTTEN UP IN THE NIGHT AND FELL DOWN WHILE GOING TO THE BATHROOM.  THE ROOM MATE THEN WENT TO SLEEP AND BELIEVES THAT THE DECEASED EXPIRED SOMETIME AFTER IT. AT 9:05 AM., FRIEND FOUND THE DECEASED UNRESPONSIVE, APPARENTLEY EXPIRED, SITTING ON THE FLOOR WITH HER HEAD IN HER ARMS.  A CALL WAS PLACED TO THE INFIRMARY AND THE SHIP'S DOCTOR RESPONDED TO CONFIRM EXPIRATION AT 9:10 PM. 
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     THE DECEASED'S SON WAS CONTACTED AND HE ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND ALSO SUFFERED FROM HYPERTENSION.  WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. PETRIE, (905) 791-2250, IN CANADA.  SHE WAS A HEAVY DRINKER.  HER TRAVELING COMPANION ADVISED THAT THE DECEASED HAD BEEN DRINKING HEAVY DURING THE TRIP.