     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON AUG. 8, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT HOMING HOLDING OPEN A DOOR WHEN HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND FOUND DECEASED IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL AND ARRIVED INTUBATED, ON THUMPER AND CPR IN PROGRESS.  HE WAS WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND IN ASYSTOLE, BUT CPR CONTINUED WITHOUT SUCCESS AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 11:16 AM.
     THE DECEASED UNDERWENT TENDON SURGERY TO HIS LEFT ANKLE ON JULY 21, 1996 AT PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.  THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED BY DR. WARREN WINDRAM (933-6000) WHO PRESCRIBED ROXICET AND CEPHALEXIN AFTER SURGERY.  HIS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN WAS DR. HOWARD SUSSMAN (654-5440).
     HIS WIFE ADVISED THE DECEASED HAD NO PREVIOUS MEDICAL HISTORY.  HE STOPPED SMOKING ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO, BUT ONLY SMOKED ABOUT A PACK OF CIGARETTES EVERY TWO OR THREE WEEKS.  HE DRANK BEER OCCASIONALLY ON WEEKENDS AND DID NOT USE ILLEGAL DRUGS.  SHE FURTHER ADVISED HE WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL ON JULY 20, 1996 AT THE BELAFONTE TACOLCY CENTER LOCATED AT 6161 NW 9TH AVENUE WHEN HE HURT HIS LEFT ANKLE.  HE WENT TO PARKWAY HOSPITAL AND UNDERWENT SURGERY. 