    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED HAD BEEN RESIDING WITH HIS CARETAKER FOR MANY YEARS.  ON NOVEMBER 10, 1996, HE BEGAN COMPLAINING OF COLD LIKE SYMPTONS AND LOSS OF APPETITE.  A FEW DAYS LATER, HE  BECAME WEAK AND STILL REFUSED TO EAT.  ON NOVEMBER 13, 1996, HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A POTASSIUM SHOT AND COUGH MEDICATIONS.   THE FOLLOWING DAY,  HE WAS SITTING AT THE TABLE AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
     UPON ARRIVAL,  IN FULL CARDIO-PULMONARY ARREST, INTUBATED, ON THUMPER. AND CPR IN PROGRESS.  CHEST MONITOR SHOWED ASYSTOLE RHYTHM. CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:36P.M.
    DECEASED WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. VICARA AND HAD A LONG HISTORY OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.