     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE DECEASED'S SON VIA TELEPHONE THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY SUFFERED FROM EMPHYSEMA, CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY, AND MOST RECENTLY KIDNEY PROBLEMS. HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON DECEMBER 15,1996 AT 11:00 PM., WHEN HIS SON GAVE HIM SOME WATER TO DRINK BEFORE HE WENT TO SLEEP. ON DECEMBER 16,1996 AT 1:00 AM., HE WAS SEEN APPARENTLY SLEEPING. AT 7:30 AM., FAMILY MEMBERS FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE,   LYING SUPINE ON BED.   FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL FOUND HIM DEAD.
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     POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  HE REPORTEDLY WAS BEING TREATED BY DR. ERICK LANG 545-5353, WHO COULD NOT BE CONTACTED BY POLICE, BUT LATER CALLED IN AND SAID HE WAS WILLING TO CERTIFY THE DEATH. MEDICATIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF: LORAZEPAM, THEO-DUR, ALBUTEROL  AND VENTOLIN INHALER.
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     JMH PATIENT #  140-64-68.  DECEASED WAS LAST ADMITTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 6,1994 TO SEPTEMBER 9,1994.  DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS: RIGHT UPPER LOBE PNEUMONIA. LEFT RIB FRACTURES. SEVERE END-STAGE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, OXYGEN DEPENDENT.