Naomi Judd, Member of The Judds, has died at the age of 76
Ashley Judd, the daughter of country music superstar Naomi Judd, revealed her mother’s death on Saturday.
She had reached the age of 76.
“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered,” Ashley Judd said
Statement: “We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public,” “We are in unknown territory.”
Beginning in the early 1980s, Naomi and her daughter Wynonna began performing professionally as a duo. They went on to have a run of success singles, such as “Mama He’s Crazy” and “Love Can Build a Bridge,” and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.
Ashley Judd, the actress’s younger sister, went on to stardom of her own as an actor.
According to the Country Music Hall of Fame, The Judds won five Grammys in seven years and had 14 No. 1 songs.
Despite announcing a 10-date “Final Tour” for September, the Judds finished a farewell tour in 2011 that was supposed to be their final one.
Earlier this month, at the CMT Music Awards, they performed together for the first time in years.
On Sunday, the Country Music Hall of Fame was due to induct the pair.
It is said on the official website of The Judds that Diana Ellen “Naomi,” as she is most often known, was born in Kentucky in 1946.
Naomi Judd worked as a nurse in Tennessee after the birth of her two kids. On a local morning programme in 1980, she and Wynonna began pursuing a musical career together, according to the website.
On the Billboard Country Singles chart, their debut song, “Had a Dream (For the Heart),” peaked at No. 17. “Mama He’s Crazy,” was the No. 1 country radio hit of 1984, and the Judds earned their first Grammy for the song in 1984.
According to the Country Work Hall of Fame, their music is “marked by unusual harmonies,” with “strong” lead vocals and acoustic accompaniments that incorporate elements of “traditional folk, blues, and family harmony.
As a result of being diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1990, Naomi Judd had to give up performing altogether. According to the website, “Love Can Build A Bridge,” was the duo’s final hit.
During an interview on “Good Morning America,” in 2016, Naomi Judd talked about her struggles with mental illness, revealing that she had been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. A few years before to that, the singer admitted that she would “not leave the house for three weeks, and not get out of my pyjamas, and not practise normal hygiene.”
While she was going through her own personal challenges, she also wrote about them in the book “River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope”
Artists like Carrie Underwood and Travis Tritt sent their respects after hearing of her passing.
“Country music lost a true legend…sing with the angels, Naomi!!! We’re all sending up prayers for the Judd family today,”
According to a message Tritt made, he sent his sympathies to the family and wrote: “Naomi Judd was one of the sweetest people I’ve ever known. I had the honor of working with her in movies and numerous musical events.”