    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON OCTOBER 23, 1996 FIRE RESCUE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE DECEASED'S RESIDENCE REFERENCE HIM BEING UNCONSCIOUS.   UPON ARRIVAL, THEY FOUND HIM WITH AGONAL RESPIRATIONS.  CHEST MONITOR SHOWED PULSELSS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY.  HE WAS INTUBATED, DEFIBRILLATED X1 AND TRANSPORTED TO NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER.
   UPON ARRIVAL, CPR IN PROGRESS AND WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS. CPR CONTINUED BUT TO NO AVAIL, HE WENT INTO ASYSTOLE RHYTHM AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:10A.M.
     FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THAT HE COMPLAINED RECENTLY OF CHEST PAINS AND FEELING TIRED.  HE WAS HOSPITALIZED LAST MONTH AT CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL FOR SPITTING UP BLOOD. HE HAD ALSO BEEN TREATED IN THE PAST AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY DIAGNOSED WITH CLOGGED ARTERIES.