     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON OCTOBER 3,1996 THE DECEASED CHECKED IN A HOTEL LOCATED AT 55 SO.FLAGLER AVENUE, IN HOMESTEAD.  SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO STAY THERE UNTIL ANOTHER APARTMENT IN THE AREA WAS READY. AT THAT TIME THE DECEASED WAS INTOXICATED AND HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING TO HIS ROOM.   ON OCTOBER 5,1996 AT 5:45 PM., HE WAS FOUND EXPIRED IN HIS HOTEL ROOM. 
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  IT APPEARED THAT HE WAS PUTTING HIS PANTS ON WHEN HE COLLAPSED.  SEVERAL CONTAINERS OF MEDICATION WHICH INCLUDED: LANOXIN, COUMADIN, FUROSEMIDE,  CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE, AND ACCUPRIL WERE FOUND ON THE SCENE AND SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT. 
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     DR. F. WAXMAN 9954) 704-1828, WAS LATER CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT HE HAD TREATED THE DECEASED FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, BUT HAD NOT SEEN IN FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS.  HE HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM, VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA, BIPOLAR MANIC DEPRESSION.  HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED RECENTLY AT NORTH RIDGE HOSPITAL, FOR CARDIAC PROBLEMS.