     ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,  DECEASED HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, COUGHING AND NIGHT SWEATS FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS.   ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE ARRIVED IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.  BLOOD PRESSURE: 128/72, HEART RATE: 137, RESPIRATIONS: 42.  HE WAS ADMITTED WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, RIGHT UPPER LOBE PNEUMONIA. HE WAS PLACED ON VENTILATION BUT CONTINUED HAVING AGONAL BREATHING AND IRREGULAR HEART RHYTHMS.   THE FOLLOWING DAY ABT. 4:30 P.M., HE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.  RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE MADE BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:51 P.M.
     DECEASED HAD A HISTORY OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, HYPERTENSION AND CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT X5 YEARS AGO.