     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE DECEASED'S SISTER-IN-LAW VIA TELEPHONE, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD BEEN AN INPATIENT AT CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER FOR PNEUMONIA, RELEASED HOME ON NOVEMBER 12,1996.   ON DECEMBER 20,1996 AT ABOUT 7:00 PM., HIS BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE TO TAKE HIM SOME FISH AND GRITS FOR DINNER.  UPON ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED UNRESPONSIVE, LYING SUPINE ON FLOOR.  HIS BODY WAS "SHAKING".   THEY WENT BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO GET A NEIGHBOR TO CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.  FINALLY A NEIGHBOR CALLED "911"  AND UPON RESCUE ARRIVAL, THE DECEASED WAS FOUND DEAD.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  WAS ON RISPERDAL AND SYNTHROID. POLICE WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT A PHYSICIAN. AS PER SISTER-IN-LAW, THE DECEASED HAD BEEN TOLD THAT HE HAD BLOOD SUGAR, BUT AS MUCH AS SHE KNOWS HE  DID NOT HAVE ANY HISTORY OF HEART CONDITION OF HYPERTENSION .  HE ALSO WAS A HEAVY DRINKER, BUT HE PROBABLY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO BUY ANYTHING LATELY.
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     LAST ADMITTED TO CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER ON NOVEMBER 3,1996 TO NOVEMBER 13,1996.  FINAL DIAGNOSES:  PNEUMONIA, RESOLVED. ALCOHOL ABUSE. ALTERED MENTAL STATUS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MANAGEMENT. HYPOTHYROIDISM WITH INCREASED THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH). CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, STATUS POST ACUTE EXACERBATION.  DEHYDRATION AND HYPOVOLEMIA, CORRECTED.


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