The outlet confirmed the news, and shared a statement from the 16-year-old's heartbroken family. The Toddlers and Tiaras alum died by suicide, TMZ reported on May 3, citing her family.
'I mean, it's a very strange dynamic to be this broken and this blessed.' 'I'm gonna make this fast because my heart's broken - and I feel so blessed,' Wynonna told the 800 people gathered in Nashville's CMA Theater for the Country Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony. No additional information will be released at this time.'Ī day after their mother's death, Ashley and Wynonna tearfully accepted their mother's honor of being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The statement, which Ashley also posted to her Instagram, did not elaborate further or include an exact cause of death.Īn additional statement from Naomi's husband of 32 years, Larry Strickland, reads: 'Naomi Judd's family request privacy during this heartbreaking time. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public,' the statement read. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. Naomi's daughters, Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd, announced their mother's death in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. The country icon, who was part of the famous mother-daughter duo The Judds, died on May 30 after suffering from mental illness.
