    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 29, 1996, THE DECEASED WAS AT HOME AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE BATHROOM WHEN HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY BREATHING.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND HIM IN CARDIAC ARREST.  HIS VITAL SIGNS WERE AS FOLLOW, PULSE 40, RESP. 28, B/P 82/54.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA KENDALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE, AND WITHOUT VITAL SIGNS.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, WITHOUT SUCCESS AND AT 8:28P.M., HE WAS PRONOUCED DEAD.
    ACCORDING TO HIS SON, HE SUFFERED A STROKE ABT. 7 WEEKS AGO WHICHE LEFT HIM WITH RIGHT SIDED PARALYSIS AND   HE RECENTLY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY STONES.
    ACCORDING TO HOSPITAL RECORDS FROM COLUMBIA KENDALL MEDICAL CENTER, HE HAS A HISTORY OF ACUTE CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT, HYPERTENSION AND TOBACCO ABUSE.