     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  DECEASED WAS EMPLOYED BY THE "CELEBRITY" CRUISELINE.  AUGUST 29, 1996 THE DECEASED RESPONDED TO SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL AND WAS TREATED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR ASTHMA RELATED PROBLEMS. HE WAS RELEASED HOME AT APPROX 1:06 A.M. ON AUGUST 30, 1996.
     ON THIS SAME DATE AT APPROX 3:15 A.M. FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND RESPONDED TO HIS RESIDENCE BY THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, HE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS WITH A MOUTH FULL OF VOMIT.  C.P.R. WAS INITIATED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER.
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT  3:58 A.M., HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE, CYANOTIC AND WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS. ALL EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE WERE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:25 P.M.


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