    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON NOVEMBER 23, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE SITTING AT THE KITCHEN WATCHING TELEVISION WHEN HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND HIM PULSELESS, APNEIC AND CYANOTIC.  CPR WAS ADMINISTERED, I.V.'S STARTED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO DEERING HOSPITAL. UPON ARRIVAL,  IN FULL ARREST, INTUBATED AND ON THUMPER AND WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS.  CHEST MONITOR SHOWED ASYSTOLE RHYTHM. RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE NEGATIVE, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:35 P.M..
     FAMILY MEMBER AND FRIEND STATED THAT DECEASED WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION MANY YEARS AGO.  HOWEVER, HE WAS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE NOR WAS HE TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS.