     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1996 AT 10:00 AM., THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS AT HOME, SITTING BY THE POOL SIDE WITH HIS FEET IN THE WATER AND HIS WHEELCHAIR NEARBY BECAUSE HE HAD DIFFICULTY WALKING LONG DISTANCES WITHOUT GETTING TIRED.   WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO GET UP, HE APPARENTLY SUFFERED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A HEART ATTACK, AND FELL INTO THE POOL. HIS WIFE AND A NEIGHBOR  ENTERED THE POOL IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE THE DECEASED.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON RESPONDINGFOUND THE DECEASED UNRESPONSIVE IN POOL,  THEY INITIATED CPR AND TRANSPORTED THE DECEASED TO PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 10:50 AM., UNRESPONSIVE, WITH NO PULSE OR RESPIRATION, PUPILS FIXED AND DILATED. WAS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF NEAR DROWNING, AND PLACED ON VENTILATORY SUPPORT.  DETERIORATED AND ON SEPTEMBER 14,1996 AT 6:40 AM., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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     THE DECEASED HAD MULTIPLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDED:  HISTORY OF BYPASS SURGERY TIMES 2, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, PACEMAKER IMPLANTED, DIABETES MELLITUS, PAST SURGICAL HISTORY OF HERNIA REPAIR AND HEMORRHOIDS REMOVAL, AND HISTORY OF FRACTURED 5TH VERTEBRAE. HE WAS A POOR WALKER AND REQUIRED THE HELP OF A WHEELCHAIR. HAD BEEN SLEEPING A LOT LATELY. 