Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP



NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76.

The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press.

“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” the statement said. “We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.” The statement did not elaborate further.

The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday. The mother-daughter performers scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. After rising to the top of country music, they called it quits in 1991 after doctors diagnosed Naomi Judd with hepatitis.

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Just heard this on my local CBS news radio as a breaking news.

[Joinfortmill]

1. Sad, very talented.

[FarPoint]

2. Ohhhh my....

so very sad for the family...the girls....

[Quakerfriend]

3. ? mental illness- I knew she suffered from

Hep C.

I always enjoyed her!! - RIP beautiful lady.

[867-5309.]

4. Yes, that's strange to see for a cause of death

RIP

[secondwind]

10. Hep C causes confusion, paranoia, etc.. it is a very terrible disease.

[chowder66]

13. She was in remission since the late 90's.

Hep C is now curable so I'm not sure if she got treatment with the semi-new oral therapies.

[Native]

17. I remember when she was 'cured' of this.

[LudwigPastorius]

5. She suffered from depression.

Perhaps she took her own life.

[LisaM]

8. That's my thought.

Why would they have mentioned it otherwise?

The Judds were about to go on tour. Maybe she experienced overwhelming stress.

[crim son]

20. You mean, like magic?

Or are you merely showing a callous lack of compassion for the millions of sufferers of clinical depression?

[TexasTowelie]

23. I agree with the poster you responded to.

Your remark was callous and I make my comment as someone that suffers from clinical depression.

[AngryOldDem]

32. Obviously late to this conversation and I'm glad I missed it.

Depression is a scourge and I cannot tolerate anyone who believes otherwise. Going through a particularly bad patch now where I consider getting out of bed a victory.

Suicide was my first thought with Ms. Judd too, and it breaks my heart that perhaps she was finally so overwhelmed at 76 that this was her only solution.

[Aristus]

31. But we know crim son, and we know she'll be right in any disagreement in this forum.

As for the attempt: you would only consider it an insult if it were true.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. The CBS report I heard quoted the same statement

re: "mental illness". Wasn't sure what that meant but am hoping that she has found some peace.

[underpants]

7. Very sad to hear.

Not a CW fan but I used to hang out at a CW bar in Germany. They could really sing. Good songs too.

[FakeNoose]

9. Rest in Peace Naomi Judd

The world has lost a beautiful person.

[Tomconroy]

11. Sad. I was a fan.

[dalton99a]

12. R.I.P.

[Talitha]

14. ...

[hamsterjill]

15. Heartbreaking...

Very sad indeed. My condolences to family, friends and fans. Naomi and Wynona’s harmonies were beautiful.

[ChazII]

16. May she rest in peace.

Condolences to her family and friends.

[a kennedy]

18. Not a big fan of theirs, but so sad she passed away.

😢

[Beacool]

21. Sad to hear about her passing.

What's with the press release from the girls? Are they implying that she took her own life? Either way, my condolences to Wynonna, Ashley and the rest of the family. May Naomi rest in pace.

[cstanleytech]

24. Something that I never understood is why a diagnosis of having hepatitis back in 91 would cause her

to retire unless it had done something that left her unable to tour.

[SunSeeker]

26. She also suffered from severe depression and panic attacks.

She was hospitalized for it, and it basically rendered her unable to leave her couch for 2 years.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/my-depression-kept-me-inert-two-years-my-family-s-ncna826816

Her depression was much more debilitating than her Hep-C infection.

[BigmanPigman]

25. She has suffered from severe depression for many years.

https://pagesix.com/2022/04/30/naomi-judd-spoke-about-mental-health-battle-before-her-death/

I feel badly for her daughters...a week before Mother's Day and a day before being inducted into Country Music Hall Of Fame.

[Mike Nelson]

27. Sad...

... I opened this thread to see if there might be an explanation of "mental illness" as a cause of death. I hope the daughters expand - it might help people will lesser fame. My mom loved the Judds. I didn't know the actress was related. Maybe they can make the tour a Tribute Tour and celebrate her career.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

28. RIP

😿

[The Grand Illuminist]

29. Meh

Just meh.

[area51]

30. RIP

[Sick_n_Tired]

33. Brave

My sympathies to her children and family as they have to grieve her absence but she should be celebrated as brave for choosing her path. Suicide should not be stigmatized as it is in the US. We rightly embrace the bravery of choosing our own truth in all aspects of life but when it comes to choosing to end our life, it’s very taboo and hush hush. People always assume a mental issue or defect, rather than embracing the truth that sometimes one simply doesn’t want to ride this blue ball any longer. It’s not like we were given a choice to be born, why shouldn’t we have the choice in death? Always more
Progressive Canada has embraced euthanasia, why can’t we?

[BumRushDaShow]

34. "Progressive Canada has embraced euthanasia, why can't we?"

Because certain religions consider it "sacrilegious" (and they have an inordinate amount of sway in American politics and law) and then insurance companies refuse to pay out life insurance benefits to designees/survivors if the cause is determined to be "suicide".

You might recall the era of Jack Kevorkian -

BMJ. 1999 Apr 10; 318(7189): 962.
PMCID: PMC1174693
Dr Kevorkian found guilty of second degree murder

Fred Charatan


A Michigan jury last month found Dr Jack Kevorkian guilty of second degree murder in the death of Thomas Youk, a 52 year old resident of Detroit who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Dr Kevorkian made a videotape of himself injecting Mr Youk, who was paralysed, with lethal chemicals last September. The tape was broadcast in November by the CBS News programme 60 Minutes.

At his trial, Dr Kevorkian failed to convince the judge that his proposed witnesses, Mr Youk's wife and brother, were relevant to the defence. Aside from the videotape which showed how much Mr Youk was suffering while he was alive, no testimony was presented about Mr Youk's condition and his apparent desire to end his life.

Because Dr Kevorkian was charged with murder, Judge Jessica Cooper instructed the jury that the issue of whether Mr Youk consented to his death was irrelevant. This was the fifth time in a decade that prosecutors had tried Dr Kevorkian in the death of a seriously ill person. Three trials ended in acquittal and a fourth ended in a mistrial. In all the previous cases, Dr Kevorkian had violated laws against assisted suicide by helping patients give themselves a fatal injection through a so called suicide machine.

In Mr Youk's case, Dr Kevorkian administered the fatal injection himself. Reaction to the verdict, and to the minimum sentence of 10 to 25 years in prison that Dr Kevorkian faces, was mixed. The Hemlock Society, chief proponent of doctor assisted suicide said, "This verdict is not about Dr Kevorkian and the videotape. This verdict is about the contempt that the government has for people like Thomas Youk and other patients who are suffering painful deaths every day.

(snip)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1174693/

[Sick_n_Tired]

35. I meant concept

not necessarily practice. If I want to end my life at home via whatever means I choose, my decision should be celebrated. Medical assisted is a sterile approach to the same end. The practice should be embraced, not only the method.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. Again

You can't dismiss religious views that others have ingrained into their psyches and if you are comparing the U.S. to Canada, then you need to accept how the U.S. handles "religion" and how deeply religious lobbying impacts lawmaking. What you call the "sterile approach" for an "assisted suicide" was the very thing that attempted to get around the laws and provide a "gentle" passing vs someone instead, putting a bullet in their own head (the most common means) or jumping off a bridge.



The whole debate about abortion is the perfect example of religious practices and beliefs impacting American law and jurisprudence.

I guarantee you that there are religious Canadians who believe that suicide is sacrilegious but their government has opted to NOT make laws against the practice like the U.S. has.

[Sick_n_Tired]

37. That may be but

we can change thinking. Repugs might be vocal and facist about abortion or transpeople, but we show the world how it can be normal and acceptable by the wider, progressive population. The same can be done with suicide. Instead of hand wringing and promoting more mental health assistance, we should be the voice exclaiming celebration for bravery for making such a choice and living their truth. We've abandoned the draconian and restrictive thinking that said that the trans community suffered from mental health issues, the same should be done for the suicidal. Institutionalization for failed attempts are like the backwards religious "conversion" therapy.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. The issue is who gets elected to office - parrticularly at the state levels

and these are where the draconian laws are being passed.

If large swaths of the electorate don't bother to vote and that apathy results in a group of RW elected officials intent on further restricting their right to vote, then carrying out efforts to "change thinking" with the ultimate result of a "legal change", becomes all the more difficult to achieve.

I understand your philosophical view and agree with it, but unfortunately from a practical standpoint, our current modern society doesn't operate in that manner, and particularly the United States, which is beholden to certain philosophies that might be or are anathema to the philosophies of others.

[smirkymonkey]

39. Why do the religious have to go poking their nose into everyone else's business anyway?

I am so sick of it! If they don't want euthanasia or abortion or gay marriage for themselves, fine. But why do they get to legally impose their RELIGIOUS beliefs, which have no logical basis in fact or science on the rest of society who do not believe as they do.

I'm sorry, but fuck them all. I am so angry right now I could spit nails, and this is just one more issue that really gets me going.

[TexasBushwhacker]

40. I'm right there with you

If someone is suffering from a terminal illness, some states and several countries will allow assisted suicide. But what if the disease is chronic, painful and not terminal. What if all the person has to look forward to is years of pain and suffering? Why can't assisted suicide be an option for them as well?

I have lived with major depression my entire adult life - 45 years. I have gone through therapy, different types, several times. I can thank antidepressants if every type and plenty of combinations, for keeping me alive. The only treatment I haven't 't gotten is ECT, and not for lack of trying. My heart just isn't healthy enough. But that doesn't mean my depression is gone. It's simply manageable most of the time.

There are other things available that aren't covered by insurance (ketamine, psylocibin) that I would be willing to try, but I can only assume that Naomi had every treatment available to her because she was wealthy. Nevertheless, her pain would not end, so she ended it herself. I hope Ashley, Wynonna and her husband Larry are able to accept her choice and understand there wasn't a damn thing they could do to stop her. Naomi is not in pain anymore, but all things considered, I think assisted suicide should be available for people with untreatable depression. I would like that option for myself some day.