Naomi Judd

"Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered," Ashley Judd said in a statement on ...

We are shattered," Ashley Judd said in a statement on Twitter. "We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public," the statement added. "Today we sisters experienced a tragedy.

Updated April 30, 2022 at 5:56 PM ET. Naomi Judd, part of the Grammy-award winning country music duo The Judds, is dead at 76. Judd's daughters, country singer Wynonna and actress Ashley Judd, confirmed the artist's death in a statement on Saturday.

"The doctors all said that I was gonna die in three years, and that was in 1990," Judd told NPR in 2010. As a member of The Judds with her daughter Wynonna, Naomi Judd recorded and performed as one of the most successful mother-daughter acts in country music before the group stopped performing in the early 1990s. "I told them I wasn't gonna kick the bucket. Naomi Judd was born Diana Ellen Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Ky. and gave birth to Wynonna the week of her high school graduation. "All of a sudden, before I know what's going on, she has attached herself vocally to me, and it's as if it we're one voice." The group would go on to release six studio albums between 1984 and 1991, earning 20 Top Ten hits, five Grammy Awards and nine Country Music Association awards.

Naomi Judd, who with daughter Wynonna formed dynamic duo The Judds, one of the most successful acts in country music history, has died. She was 76.

They also won five Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group from 1985 to 1992, including “Give A Little Love” and “Love Can Build a Bridge” – the latter of which earned songwriter Naomi another Grammy for Country Song of the Year. “But then I would come home and not leave the house for three weeks, and not get out of my pyjamas, and not practice normal hygiene. The Judds were named top vocal duo by the Academy of Country Music seven years in a row, from 1984 to 1990. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” Wynonna and sister, actress Ashley Judd, announced in a statement Saturday. “We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy.

US country music singer Naomi Judd has died aged 76, her daughters Ashley and Wynonna Judd have confirmed...

Naomi Judd, matriarch of Grammy-winning The Judds, has died at age 76, daughters Wynonna and Ashley Judd say.

In her memoir, “River of Time,” she described her diagnosis of hepatitis C, which she said she unknowingly contracted during her time as a nurse. She was admitted to a psychiatric ward at a hospital and spent time in an outpatient treatment program. Their unique harmonies, together with elements of acoustic music, bluegrass and blues, made them stand out in the genre at the time. Because Naomi was so young looking, the two were mistaken for sisters early in their career. Wynonna led the duo with her powerful vocals, while Naomi provided harmonies and stylish looks on stage. She also said that she had been dealing with trauma from childhood sexual abuse. She was also known to prefer flashy stage outfits, full of sparkles and rhinestones, over casual boots and cowboy style clothing. Her triumphant life story overshadows today’s tragic news,” said Hall of Fame CEO Kyle Young in a statement. She said that by 1995, her doctors had told her she was completely free of the virus. “We are shattered. “Her family has asked that we continue with The Judds’ official Hall of Fame induction on Sunday. We will do so, with heavy hearts and weighted minds. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy.

Naomi Judd, the US singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died.

"She was a lovely woman and now the world is a little less bright without her. Condolences to her family and fans. She tweeted: "Back in 2003 Naomi Judd was a judge on Star search.. she gave me a perfect score and that changed my life.. My heart breaks for her family." "We are shattered.

The death of Naomi Judd just one day before her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame has cast a pall over Sunday's ceremony -- but the show will go ...

Between 1984 and 1991, The Judds won five Grammys and had 14 No. 1 singles, per the Hall of Fame. "We are in unknown territory." It's unclear how the ceremony might be changed or adjusted in the wake of Judd's passing.

The country music duo, made up of Naomi and Wynonna Judd, was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.

It was to begin in the fall. I’m too old to grow up now!’” The country music duo, made up of Naomi and Wynonna Judd, was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.

In the years before her death, Naomi Judd was candid about her battle with suicidal ideation, panic attacks and the ups and downs of her mental health.

Medications caused her face to swell and her hair to fall out, she said in 2016. The struggle eventually led her to advocate for others. I’m always afraid I’m going to leave my wig in the car or at home. And I’ll sew hair inside across the back of my hats, so it looks like real hair,” she told People. Naomi Judd also went through her own physical struggles while trying to manage her depression. Judd said that she was immobilized during her depression as her muscles atrophied from lack of movement. However, through the filming of the documentary, the pair grew apart, according to People. "I had to go into serious treatment, and it was a long road — an incredibly painful road. But what the crowds of adoring fans didn't see was the mental health struggles that followed when the tour ended. We’ve been through a lot of therapy together,” she said. Judd died on Saturday at the age of 76. We are in unknown territory," Judd's daughters in a statement on Saturday.

The Judds and Ray Charles among inductees in Nashville a day after singer dies at 76.

Bayers, a drummer in Nashville for decades who worked on 300 platinum records, is a member of the Grand Ole Opry band. “We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, said. Ray Charles was also to be inducted, in a showcase his genre-defying country releases.