Wynonna and Ashley Judd thanked fans who stood by their mom, Naomi Judd, at CMT's "Naomi Judd: A River of Time" memorial special on Sunday — and have spoken out a few times to honor the late country music star since she died in April. Over the weekend, the Judd daughters referred to their late mother as "a salty single mama" before thanking their family therapist for making the ceremony "a little lighter." The memorial was held at the Rynman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Robin Roberts. Wynonna and Ashley sat beside Naomi’s husband, Larry Strickland, who spoke out about her death for the first time. Ashley Judd, Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd during Wynonna Judd Press Event at The Ritz Carlton in Pasadena, CA, United States.
Ashley Judd Reveals Mother Naomi Died From Self-Inflicted Firearm Wound
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Naomi Judd’s daughter is opening up about her late mom’s struggles with mental illness.
Sitting down for an interview with Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America”, actress Ashley Judd confirmed that her mother died by suicide.
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“She used a weapon…a firearm,” Ashley said. “So that’s the piece of information we’re very uncomfortable sharing.”
The actress described the difficulty her mother had living with mental illness and why she and her family decided to speak publicly about the cause of death before the autopsy report.
“When you’re talking about mental illness, it’s important to distinguish between the loved one and the disease,” Ashley said. “My mother knew that she was seen and she was heard in her anguish and she was walked home.”
Many were also shocked by the timing of Naomi’s death, only one day before her scheduled induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame alongside daughter Wynonna, with whom she sang as part of the duo the Judds.
“Our mother couldn’t hang on until she was inducted into the hall of fame by her peers,” Ashley said. “That is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her, because the barrier between the regard in which they held her couldn’t penetrate into her heart and the lie the disease told her was so convincing.”
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In their statement originally announcing their mother’s death, Ashley and Wynonna had said, “We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.”
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