     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  ON AUGUST 8, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS AT VETERAN ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER IN THE WAITING ROOM OF THE EYE CLINIC WHEN HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED.  MEDICAL STAFF RESPONDED AND FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE WITHOUT A PULSE OR RESPIRATION.  CPR WAS INITIATED AND MEDICATIONS ADMINISTERED.  AN EKG SHOWED PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY AND FLAT LINE.  DESPITE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS MADE, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 2:31 P.M.. 
     DECEASED HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED IN THE PAST AT V.A. HOSPITAL AND HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK, HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND STATUS POST ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY ANEURYSM CLIPPING.