     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE AND RECENTLY PROGRESSIVE SHORTNESS OF BREATH. JUNE 10, 1996 HE WAS ADMITTED TO MIAMI HEART INSTITUTE WHERE HE UNDERWENT OPEN HEART SURGERY FOR REPAIR OF SINUS VENOUS DEFECT WITH PERICARDIAL PATCH. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO I.C.U. IN STABLE CONDITION WITH NO COMPLICATIONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED HOME.
     
     AUGUST 9, 1996 DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, THE DEC'D WAS DISCOVERED UNRESPONSIVE AND UNCONSCIOUS BY FAMILY MEMBERS. C.P.R. WAS INITIATED AND FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED. 
     UPON FIRE-RESCUE ARRIVAL, DEC'D REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO VITASLS. C.P.R. WAS CONTINUED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL.
     UPON HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 3:30 A.M., HE WAS STILL UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO VITALS.  FACE WAS BLUE FROM THE NECK UP AND PUPILS WERE FIXED AND DILATED. ALL EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE WERE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED AT 3:35 A.M..


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