Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds, and the mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, have died. She was 76.
The daughters announced her death Saturday in a statement to the Associated Press.
“Today, we sisters experienced a tragedy. “We lost our beautiful mother to a mental illness,” the statement said. “We are broken. We are guided by deep sorrow and we know that as we loved her, she was loved by her audience. We are in unfamiliar territory. “
Naomi Judd died near Nashville, Tennessee, according to a statement on behalf of her husband and fellow singer Larry Strickland. It said more details about her death would not be released and asked for privacy as the family mourned.
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The Judds were due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday and have just announced an arena tour that will begin in the fall, their first tour together in more than a decade. They also returned to the awards show when they performed at the CMT Music Awards earlier this month.
“It’s an honor to witness ‘Love Can Build a Bridge’ just a few weeks ago,” singer Maron Morris wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
“This is heartbreaking news!” Naomi Judd was one of the nicest people I’ve ever known, “singer Travis Trit wrote on Twitter, noting that he worked with Judd several times on screen and during performances.
The mother-daughter performers brought 14 songs № 1 into a career that lasted nearly three decades. After rising to the top of country music, they gave up in 1991 after doctors diagnosed Naomi Judd with hepatitis C. Wynonna continued her solo career.
Judd’s hits include “Love Can Build a Bridge” in 1990, “Mama He’s Crazy” in 1984, “Why Not Me” in 1984, “Turn It Loose” in 1988, and “Girls Night Out”. “in 1985”, “Rockin ‘With the Rhythm of the Rain” in 1986 and “Grandpa” in 1986.
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Born Diana Ellen Judd in Ashland, Kentucky, Naomi was working as a nurse in Nashville when she and Winona began singing together professionally. Their unique harmonies, together with elements of acoustic music, bluegrass and blues, highlight them in the genre of that time.
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“We had such a touch of originality in what we were trying to do,” Naomi Judd told the AP after it was announced that they would join the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Judd released six studio albums and an EP between 1984 and 1991 and won nine Country Music Association Awards and seven from the Country Academy. They won a total of five Grammy Awards together for hits such as “Why Not Me” and “Give A Little Love”, and Naomi won a sixth Grammy for writing “Love Can Build a Bridge”.
Judd also performed at the Super Bowl in 1994, along with Travis Trit, Clint Black and Tanya Tucker.
The Jews sang about family, faith in marriage, and the virtue of fidelity. Because Naomi looked so young, the two were mistaken for sisters early in their careers. He is also known to prefer flashy stage outfits full of sparkles and crystals over casual cowboy-style boots and clothes.
They first caught attention when they sang at Ralph Emery’s morning show in the early 1980s, where the host called them The Soap Sisters because Naomi said she made her own soap.
After the success of “Mama He’s Crazy”, they won the Horizon Award at the 1984 CMA Awards. Naomi began her speech with the words “Hit the dog and spit in the fire!”
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Naomi Judd was open about her health problems, as well as severe depression and anxiety. In her memoir, The River of Time, she described her diagnosis of hepatitis C, which she said she unknowingly contracted during her stay as a nurse. She said that until 1995, her doctors had told her she was completely free of the virus.
In her memoirs, she describes the feeling that she lost her identity when she returned home after a reunion tour in 2010, isolating herself at home and dealing with crippling panic attacks. She also said she had dealt with trauma from childhood sexual abuse. She was admitted to a psychiatric ward at a hospital and spent some time in an outpatient treatment program.
Daughter Ashley Judd is an actor and humanist known for her roles in films such as “Kiss the Girls”, “Double Danger” and “Heat”.
Strickland, who was Elvis Presley’s backup singer, was married to Naomi Judd for 32 years.
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