     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  DECEASED REPORTEDLY HAD A HISTORY OF ALCOHOLISM AND WAS ADVISED TO STOP DRINKING.   FAMILY MEMBERS STATED THAT ABT. 4 MONTHS AGO, HE SUFFERED A FALL AT HOME AND WAS TAKEN TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED INTO "DETOX".  HE STOPPED DRINKING ALCOHOL FOR ABT. 3 MONTHS THEN RESUMED. HE FELL AGAIN ABT. ONE MONTH AGO AND STRUCK HIS HEAD SUSTAINING A SMALL LACERATION BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME.
     ON OCTOBER 8, 1996, HE WAS FOUND COLD AND UNRESPONSIVE  SEATED IN A CHAIR OUTSIDE A LIQUOR STORE BY A FRIEND.  FIRE RESCUE AND POLICE WERE SUMMONED AND FOUND HIM EXPIRED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.
     