     ACCORDING TO HOSPITAL RECORDS: ON AUG. 16, 1996 WHILE VACATIONING IN EQUADOR THE DECEASED FELL OFF A LADDER AND SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY.  THE DECEASED REMAINED HOSPITALIZED IN EQUADOR UNTIL SEPT. 4, 1996 WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER CARE.  HE HAD PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT, PNEUMONIA, HEART MURMUR AND HEMATURIA.
     AT JMH HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BIFRONTAL HEMORRHAGES, HYPONATREMIA AND VENTRICULITIS.  DURING THE COURSE OF HIS HOSPITALIZATION HE UNDER TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAMS, 3 VESSEL CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAMS, LUMBAR PUNCTURE, FEEDING TUBE PLACEMENT AND LEFT AND RIGHT SIDED VENTRICULOSTOMY.  HIS CONDITION GRADUALLY DETERIORATED AND HE SUCCUMBED ON OCT. 18, 1996 AT 2:30 PM AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
