     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON NOVEMBER 29, 1996 A.M., THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY SUFFERED A CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST AT HOME.   FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED, INITIATED CPR AND TRANSPORTED THE DECEASED TO COLUIMBIA DEERING HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 5:15 A.M., UNRESPONSIVE, WITH NO VITAL SIGNS, BRADYCARDIC, CPR IN PROGRESS.   RESUSCITATION EFFORTS CONTINUED UNTIL 5:37 A.M., WHEN HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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     POLICE RESPONDED AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA. ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT HIS PHYSICIAN WERE NEGATIVE, AS HE WAS OUT OF TOWN.  WAS BEING TREATED FOR EMPHYSEMA, AND HEART DISEASE.  MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF: NITROGLYCERIN, CAREAFATE, CARDIZEM, ALBUTEROL, AND ZOLOFT.
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     DR. ROGER LEAVITT, 670-0139, LATER CALLED THIS OFFICE AND REPORTED DECEASED'S MEDICAL HISTORY AS CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, ARTERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE.   HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN TREATING THE DECEASED FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, AND HIS DEATH WAS EXPECTED.  WOULD HAD BEEN WILLING TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE. 