     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON AUGUST 18,1996 AT 12:01 AM., WHEN HE WAS PUT TO BED, BY HIS WIFE. THEN THEY BOTH FELL ASLEEP TOGETHER.  AT 3:00 AM., WIFE WOKE-UP AND FOUND THE DECEASED WITH HIS EYES AND MOUTH OPEN, AND UNRESPONSIVE. SHE CALLED "911", POLICE RESPONDED AND VIEWED THE DECEASED EXPIRED, WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  
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     THE DECEASED HAD A LONG HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS AND HAD RECENTLY BEEN HOSPITALIZED,  HAD A PACEMAKER PLACED ON HIM. HAD A VISITING NURSE WHO WAS SEEING HIM THREE TIMES A WEEK.  HIS PHYSICIAN COULD NOT BE CONTACTED.  HE CURRENTLY WAS ON MEDICATIONS WHICH CONSISTED OF:  LANOXIN, THEO-DUR, DELTASONE, CIMETIDINE, NITROGLYCERIN PILLS, VERAPAMIL, IBUPROFEN, ACETAZOLAMIDE, AND DIAMOX.
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     DR. MALAMUT, THE DECEASED'S ATTENDING PHYSICIAN COULD NOT BE CONTACTED, HOWEVER, FAMILY OF THE DECEASED SUPPLIED THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL INFORMATION:  THE DECEASED SUFFERED FROM HEART DISEASE WHICH LEAD HIM INTO UNDERGOING A TRIPLE BYPASS, HAD HX. OF AORTIC ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM OPERATED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, EMPHYSEMA, DIABETES, AND KIDNEY PROBLEMS. WAS RECENTLY HOSPITALIZED AND DURING HOSPITALIZATION HIS HEART STOPPED IN TWO OCCASIONS. HAD PACEMAKER IMPLANT. RETURNED HOME ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO AND SINCE THEN HE HAD BEEN MOSTLY BEDRIDDEN PROGRESSIVELY DETERIORATING.
  **  FAMILY REQUESTED NO AUTOPSY DONE. **