    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON NOVEMBER 19, 1996, ABT. 11:20P.M., THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME WATCHING TELEVISION.  HE ASKED FOR A PILL (DIAZEPAM =  LIBRIUM)  AND LAID DOWN IN THE BED WITH HIS WIFE.  ABT. 11:39P.M., HIS WIFE HEARD HIM MAKEING STRANGE NOISES.  SHORTLY THERAFTER, HE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE AND IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALM SPRINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL.  
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE, WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS AND IN FULL CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 11:59P.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE, HE HAS NO PAST MEDICAL PROBLEMS.