ACCORDING TO INITIAL INFORMATION:  ON OCTOBER 12, 1996, DECEASED FELL AT HOME AND SUFFERED A FRACTURED LEFT HIP.  RESULTING FROM THIS FALL, DECEASED WAS THEN ADMITTED TO PALM SPRINGS HOSPITAL, HIALEAH, FL.  ON OCTOBER 16, 1996, DECEASED UNDERWENT AN OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION OF THE LEFT HIP.   AS A RESULT OF A CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST WITH CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY AND ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, PATIENT EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 19, 1996 AT 10:04AM.