     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED WAS A GRAND NATION CHAMPION SCULLER AND HAD BEEN TRAINING VIGOROUSLY FOR AN UPCOMING TOURNAMENT.   HE AND A FRIEND WOULD GO OUT BOATING EVERY MORNING.   ON AUGUST 6, 1996, HIS FRIEND ARRIVED AT THE LAKE AND FOUND HIM SLUMPED OVER THE BOAT FACE DOWN IN THE WATER.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HIM WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS AND IN ASYSTOLE RHYTHM.   THEY BEGAN ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT, INTUBATED AND ADMINISTERED MEDICATIONS.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL WHERE HE ARRIVED PULSELESS WITH FIXED AND DILATED PUPILS.  HE WAS SUCTIONED THROUGH ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE REMOVED 40 CC OF BLOOD.  ADDITIONAL CARDIAC MEDICATIONS WERE ADMINISTERED AND CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:35A.M..
       DECEASED WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. DE OLAZARRA WHO STATED THAT HE HAD A HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER, RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY -15 YRS AGO AND HEART DISEASE.  HE HAD UNDERGONE A CARDIAC CATHERIZATION ABT. 3 YEARS AGO AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL.
       ***DECEASED WAS A RETIRED SURGEON.***