480-pound Woman Dies After Six Years On Couch

A 480-pound woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the couch where she had remained for about six years.

Gayle Laverne Grinds died yesterday, 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 ... Read full story

1. It is much sad. 
   I remember 2 cases like this here in Brazil!

   Posted by  on  08/13  at  12:53 AM