     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 18, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE COOKING LUNCH.  AFTER THAT HE WENT TO LIE DOWN.  ABOUT 7:00 PM A NEIGHBOR WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AND FOUND HIM DEAD IN BED.  HE RECENTLY UNDERWENT OPEN HEART SURGERY AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED  AND NO NEXT OF KIN HAS BEEN LOCATED AT THIS TIME.  
     FAMILY ADVISED THE DECEASED UNDERWENT A PROSTETIC VALVE IMPLANT AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN 1987 AND HAD BEEN TREATED AT PALM SPRINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL TWICE IN 1996.
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