  ***  THIS CASE WAS REFERRED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DE-
        PARTMENT BY RIVERO FUNERAL HOME STAFF AFTER BODY 	
        HAD BEEN BURIED AND CERTIFYING PHYSICIAN HAD LISTED	
       CEREBRAL CONTUSIONS AS CAUSE OF DEATH                            ***
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     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM HIALEAH AND PALMETTO HOSPITALS MEDICAL CHARTS, AND INFORMATION GIVEN BY THE DECEASED'S DAUGHTER VIA TELEPHONE, ON JUNE 22, 1996 THE DECEASED AND HIS WIFE WOKE-UP FROM A NAP AT 3:00 PM., SHE WENT TO THE KITCHEN WHEN SHE HEARD A THUMP COMING FROM THE BEDROOM, AND UPON INVESTIGATING FOUND THE DECEASED UNRESPONSIVE, ON FLOOR.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED THE DECEASED TO HIALEAH HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED AND A CT SCAN DONE WHICH SHOWED A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, AND POSSIBLY A RIGHT FRONTAL HEMORRHAGIC INFARCT, CONTUSION.  WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON JULY 23, AND SENT TO A REHABILITATION CENTER.   HE STAYED AT THE REHAB UNTIL JULY 25,1996, WHEN HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL IN CADIORESPIRATORY ARREST. EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE HIM WERE NEGATIVE, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON JULY 25, 1996 AT 7:06 AM.
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     HE REPORTEDLY HAD HISTORY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.