     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 20, 1996 THE DECEDENT WAS AT THE MIAMI JAI ALAI WHEN HE SUDDENLY BECAME SHORT OF BREATH.  FIRE RESCUE ARRIVED AND FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE.  HIS INITIAL RHYTHM WAS ASYSTOLE.  CPR WAS INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  CPR CONTINUED UPON ARRIVAL, BUT TO NO AVAIL AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:59 PM.
     THE DECEASED HAD NO HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION OR DIABETES.  HE WAS TREATED AT PAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL TWO YEARS AGO FOR DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, BUT HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY HEALTHY SINCE THEN.  HE STOPPED SMOKING ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO AFTER SMOKING FOR ALL OF HIS ADULT LIFE.  HE DRANK OCCASIONALLY ON WEEKENDS, BUT DID NOT USE DRUGS.
     HE RECENTLY COMPLAINED OF STOMACH PROBLEMS AND WENT TO SEE DR. WILFREDO ALVAREZ (556-4856), BUT DR. ALVAREZ DID NOT REMEMBER THE DECEASED WHEN HE WAS CALLED ABOUT HIS MEDICAL HISTORY.