Naomi Judd

One day before she was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Naomi Judd has died. She was 76 years old. An exact cause of death was not ...

You go down in this deep, dark hole of depression and you don’t think that there’s another minute.’” “I didn’t get off my couch for two years,” she revealed. The cherry on top is singing with my beloved, wild and extremely talented daughter… “The fans have always been my family of choice. "Her husband, Larry Strickland, of 32 years will not be making any further statements. “We are shattered.

Naomi Judd who was half of the country music duo The Judds with daughter Wynona has died at 76. She was also the mother of actress Ashley Judd.

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 pajamas, and not practice normal hygiene. Their songs deftly mixed idealized small-town sentiments with the raw emotion of single women struggling to manage motherhood, family and romance – much of it based on their real-world experiences.

Daughters announced her death on Saturday, one day before the Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Because Naomi was so young-looking, the two were often mistaken for sisters. Born Diana Ellen Judd in Ashland, Kentucky, Naomi was working as a nurse when she and Wynonna started singing together professionally. They made a return to awards shows when they performed at the CMT Music Awards earlier this month. The mother-daughter pair scored 14 No 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. We are in unknown territory.” “We are shattered.

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

After rising to the top of country music, they called it quits in 1991 after doctors diagnosed Naomi Judd with hepatitis. Because Naomi was so young looking, the two were mistaken for sisters early in their career. Born Diana Ellen Judd in Ashland, Kentucky, Naomi was working as a nurse in Nashville, when she and Wynonna started singing together professionally. They also made a return to awards shows when they performed at the CMT Music Awards earlier this month. The mother-daughter performers scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. “We are shattered.

Naomi Judd has died. She was 76 years old. The cause of death was not given, other than a reference to “mental illness.” The Kentucky-born singer and member ...

“Mom and I have had quite the journey over the last 38 years, and the fans have been with us through it all. This tour is a celebration for them.” Originally from Kentucky, Naomi worked as a nurse when she and her daughter Wynonna began to sing together professionally. Together, the mother and daughter performers notched 14 No. 1 hit songs in careers that have covered some three decades. They were standouts. We are in unknown territory.”

Naomi Judd, of the singing duo the Judds, has died, her daughters Wynonna and Ashley reported.

“I had this romantic notion of working with people in Appalachia, my people.” But then “when Wynonna and I started singing together — she so desperately need to have a new direction in life — it quickly became obvious that that was what we were meant to do.” She spoke about being “a little estranged” at that time from Wynonna, whom she said “bore the brunt of all of the mistakes I made … We’ve been through a lot of therapy together… From the day I knew she existed, it was the two of us against the world and then through the decades we kind of grew up together, ’cause it was really just the two of us. We all have this inner child, and I needed, for the first time in my life, to realize that I got a raw deal, OK, now I’m a big girl. They had not released an album of original material as a duo since “Love Can Build a Bridge” in 1990, but their streak of ’80s singles continued to be popular recurrents on country radio to the present day. Naomi Judd published nine books, the most recent of which was the memoir “River of Time: My Descent Into Depression and How I Emerged With Hope,” released in 2016. They won five Grammys during that period as well, including best country song for “Love Can Build a Bridge.” This tour is a celebration for them.” Three of the arena shows, including the Nashville finale, had sold out, according to the Judds’ social media. The short, 10-date tour, which was being produced by Sandbox Live and Live Nation, was to commence Sept. 30 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and wrap up Oct. 28 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. “What I’m looking forward to most is celebrating Judd music with the fans,” said Wynonna in a statement when the tour was announced. As a duo, the Judds had remained mostly dormant in recent decades, with periodic reunions. Their eight Academy of Country Music Awards included being named top vocal duo from 1984 through 1990. We are in unknown territory.”

Naomi Judd recorded and performed with daughter Wynonna. She was also the mother of actress Ashley Judd.

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"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 ...

Their first single, "Had a Dream (For the Heart)," released in 1983, reached No. 17 on the Billboard country chart. After the birth of her two daughters, the family moved to Tennessee, where Naomi Judd worked as a nurse. a potentially chronic and deadly viral illness, forced Naomi Judd to retire from performing in 1990. "We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public," the statement added. during an appearance on "Good Morning America," saying she had been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. "Today we sisters experienced a tragedy.

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.

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

After rising to the top of country music, they called it quits in 1991 after doctors diagnosed Naomi Judd with hepatitis. Because Naomi was so young looking, the two were mistaken for sisters early in their career. Born Diana Ellen Judd in Ashland, Kentucky, Naomi was working as a nurse in Nashville, when she and Wynonna started singing together professionally. They also made a return to awards shows when they performed at the CMT Music Awards earlier this month. The mother-daughter performers scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. “We are shattered.

Naomi Judd, who topped the country music charts in the 1980s and early 1990s with her daughter Wynonna in the Grammy-winning singing duo the Judds, ...

She moved back to Kentucky in the mid-1970s as a single mother, encouraging her daughters in their artistic interests. “I literally couldn’t leave the house for weeks,” she told People magazine in 2016. At the height of their popularity, in 1991, the Judds stopped performing after Naomi Judd was diagnosed with hepatitis C, which she was believed to have contracted when she was a nurse. She chronicled her struggle in several books, including a candid 2016 memoir, “River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged With Hope.” After Naomi Judd’s first retirement in 1991, she had several television and film acting roles. She had her first child, Christina (who later changed her name to Wynonna) the week she graduated from high school at 18. We’d sit around the supper table and just sing to pass the time.” Ms. Judd, who later took the name Naomi from a favorite biblical character, grew up in a family marked by trauma, including murder and suicide. “When we got into country music, I was 35,” Ms. Judd told the Dallas Morning News in 1994. She and Wynonna periodically reunited as the Judds, including at a halftime performance of Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994. By the time I got into country music, I feel like what I did was just communicate.” The guy who got me pregnant left town when he found out I was pregnant.”

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's daughters Wynonna and Ashley announced her death on Saturday, a day before The Judds' induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Upon The Judds being named Hall of Fame inductees, Naomi told The Tennessean, "So much of my life, I felt anonymous. I heard The Judds. You did a great thing for country music.' Then he hung up." Naomi attempted to piece together a life for her family in LA as a welfare recipient also working secretarial, waitressing and modeling jobs, but eventually moved back to Kentucky. To go from the outhouse to the White House, to know that we went from welfare to millionaire, and we’re the American dream. Naomi was born Diana Ellen Judd on Jan. 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. A musically gifted honor roll student, she became pregnant but married Michael Ciminella – instead of the child's biological father. “We were so broke, and wearing flea market dresses. And (we were) so eager to try new stuff and make fun of ourselves.” We'd have these fantasies, and we were really goofy. The duo achieved 14 No. 1 hits over three decades, splitting as a performing act in 1991 after doctors diagnosed Naomi Judd with hepatitis. "Naomi overcame incredible adversity on her way to a significant place in music history. "We were (living) on a mountaintop in Kentucky. We didn't have a telephone or a TV," she told The Tennessean in 2021. Naomi and daughter Wynonna's music will endure."

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.

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.