ELDERLY COUPLE FOUND DEAD

By [Dan Rivoli] Police said that an elderly couple was found dead in their Upper East Side apartment Aug. 13. Though the medical examiner did not know the cause of death yet, the Daily News reported that 86-year-old Michael Mendelson and 75-year-old Dale Roll committed suicide by overdosing on Ambien sleeping pills. The two were found dead in their apartment on 211 E. 70th Street between Second and Third avenues after a neighbor complained of a smell.