    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED LIVED ALONE, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS RECENT ILLNESS, A CARETAKER WAS HIRED TO ASSIST HIM.  HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE BY HIS CARETAKER ON DECEMBER 29, 1996, ABT. 9:00P.M.  AT THAT TIME HE WAS LYING IN BED APPEARING TO BE IN FAIR SPIRITS, BUT AGGITATED.  ON DECEMBER 30, 1996, AT 8:30A.M., SHE RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND HIM IN THE BATHROOM LYING SUBMERGED IN THE BATH TUB WITH THE WATER STILL RUNNING.  MIAMI BEACH FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.  MEDICATIONS TRANSPORTED WERE ZOLOFT 50MG, ALPRAZOLAM .25MG, AND AMBIEN 5MG.

    ACCORDING TO A FRIEND, HE WAS DEPRESSED, BUT NOT SUICIDAL.  HE WAS A PATIENT OF DR. FURLONG WHO HAD BEEN TREATING HIM FOR 6 MONTHS FOR SEVERE ANEMIA.  HE WAS DEPRESSED AND HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS DEPRESSION.




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