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#Naomi Judd died by suicide after longtime illness: report

“Naomi Judd died by suicide after longtime illness: report”

Naomi Judd, one half of the country duo The Judds, died by suicide after years of struggling with mental illness, multiple sources tell People.

Naomi’s daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, said they lost their mom to “the disease of mental illness,” in a statement released on Saturday. She was 76.

The Post has reached out for comment from representatives of the singers. A rep for the late singer has not responded to the magazine.

Larry Strickland, Naomi’s husband of 32 years, had also previously made a statement. “Naomi Judd’s family request privacy during this heartbreaking time. No additional information will be released at this time,” he said.

Naomi, 54, and Wynonna, 57, were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.

“I didn’t prepare anything tonight because I knew mom would probably talk the most,” a tearful Wynonna told the audience at the Nashville ceremony. “I’m gonna make this fast, because my heart’s broken, and I feel so blessed. It’s a very strange dynamic, to be this broken and this blessed.”

“I’m sorry that she couldn’t hang on until today,” a crying Ashley said, adding, “While this is so much about the Judds as a duo, I want to take a moment to recognize my sister, a GOAT.”

Naomi Judd
Naomi Judd died Saturday at age 76.
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Earlier last month, Naomi and Wynonna had announced they would reunite for a celebratory final tour that was set to launch in September.

“Though my heart is broken, I will continue to sing,” Wynonna said.

Naomi had been candid about her mental health struggles in the past. In 2016, she revealed on “Good Morning America” her battles with “extreme” and “severe depression” that left her housebound.

“[Fans] see me in rhinestones, you know, with glitter in my hair, that really is who I am,” she told anchor Robin Roberts at the time. “But then I would come home and not leave the house for three weeks, and not get out of my pajamas, and not practice normal hygiene. It was really bad.”

“When I came off the tour, I went into this deep, dark, absolutely terrifying hole and I couldn’t get out,” she continued. “I spent two years on my couch.” The country icon further shared that She even shared that she had considered taking her own life at a bridge near her farm.

In 2016 Naomi wrote a book, titled “River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope,” to go public with her diagnosis and to let people know that mental illness is “not a character flaw, it’s a stinking disease.”

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.

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