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480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years On CouchPOSTED: 3:48 pm EDT August 11, 2004UPDATED: 10:33 am EDT August 12, -- A 480-pound Martin County woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the couch where she had remained for about six years. Laverne Grinds, 40, died Wednesday, after a failed six-hour effort to dislodge her from the couch in her home. Workers say the home was filthy, and Grinds was too large to get up from the couch to even use the bathroom. A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death...