     ACCORDING TO COLUMBIA AVENTURA HOSPITAL RECORDS: ON OCT. 8, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS IN THE ELEVATOR OF HIS APARTMENT BUILDING WHEN HE BECAME DIZZY AND FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING HIS OCCIPUT STRONGLY ENOUGH TO BREAK A DRY WALL BOARD.  HE THEN EXPERIENCED SEVERE NECK PAIN AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER.
     HE ARRIVED IN THE E/R FULLY ALERT AND MOVING ALL FOUR EXTREMITIES.  A CT SCAN OF LATERAL SPINE REVEALED SUBLUXATION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE AT C4 WHICH WAS ON C5.  HE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO SURGERY AND UNDERWENT A CLOSED REDUCTION OF FRACTURE/DISLOCATION OF C4 - C5 AND PLACEMENT OF GARDNER-WELLS TONGS.  AFTER SURGERY HE WAS ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE.  
     ON OCT. 9, 1996 HE PRESENTED WITH PROGRESSIVE RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY, BECAME COMATOSE AND REQUIRED INTUBATION WITH MECHANICAL VENTILATION.  HE HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF DEMENTIA, HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE, S/P CATARACT SURGERY, APPENDECTOMY AND TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION.  HIS CONDITION DETERIORATED AND HE SUCCUMBED AND DIED ON OCT. 11, 1996 AT 1:50 AM.
     *THE BODY OF DECEASED WAS BROUGHT IN FROM RIVERSIDE-GORDON FUNERAL HOME FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION OF DEATH.*
     