     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CHART, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY SUFFERED FROM HYPERTENSION, EMPHYSEMA AND WAS A HEAVY SMOKER.  HE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS, BUT REFUSED MEDICAL HELP. AS PER WIFE, HE HAD NOT SEEN A DOCTOR SINCE 1992.   ON OCTOBER 25,1996 AT ABOUT 7:45 PM., HE COMPLAINED OF MIDSTERNAL CHEST PAIN RADIATING DOWN TO LEFT ARM,  BECAME SHORT OF BREATH, THEN BECAME DIAPHORETIC.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, FOUND THE DECEASED UNRESPONSIVE.  CPR WAS INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 8:33 PM., UNRESPONSIVE, WITH PUPILS FIXED AND DILATED, ON THUMPER. ALL EFFORTS TO KEEP HIM ALIVE FAILED, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 9:00 PM.   HE HAD BEEN TAKING CARDIZEM IN THE PAST. 