Naomi Judd passed away at the age of 76, after a life marked by musical accomplishment as well as depression and health issues. On April 30, 2022, the popular singer’s daughters announced her death.
She was the mother of actress Ashley Judd and singer Wynonna Judd. What was the cause of Naomi Judd’s death? How did she pass away? According to an Instagram post on Ashley Judd’s page, she died as a result of “mental illness.” The post, which stated that Judds’ girls are now in “unknown terrain,” did not provide a more precise reason of death, despite Naomi’s long-standing mental issues.
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In a piece on the website of News Channel 5, a Nashville television station, journalist Micah Kennedy stated that Judd “had died after taking her own life.” The family has not confirmed this, and he did not reference a source, and his story was later edited to delete that claim. She died of suicide, according to CBS Pittsburgh, although without identifying a source.
There’s indication that the death was unexpected. According to TMZ, Naomi and Wynonna’s death came as a “shock,” in part because they were set to embark on a rare arena tour later this year.
According to TODAY, Judd died one day before she was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, an event that her daughter Wynonna Judd had tweeted about just one day before her mother’s death. Naomi Judd was born in Franklin, Tennessee, and raised her family there. Heavy is attempting to make contact with the medical examiner for that county. The on-call investigator for the Nashville County Coroner’s Office,
What causes Naomi Judd’s death?
The actress Ashley Judd reported her mother’s death on Twitter. “We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” she said, without specifying where she died or what caused her death. Naomi Judd had spent years living on a farm in the hills above Franklin, Tennessee, a Nashville suburb.
