    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 4, 1996, THE DECEASED WAS WALKING INTO HIS RESIDENCE WHEN HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE,  WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND IN VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE, WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND EKG MONITOR SHOWING VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION WHICH CONVERTED TO ASYSTOLE.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 6:44P.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY, HIS MEDICAL HISTORY IS UNKNOWN.  