A grief-stricken Ashley Judd is speaking out about her mother Naomi Jud d s death so that her family can share information on their own terms.
The country music superstar who was part of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds with her daughter Wynonna Judd died in April, just days before being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She was 76.
Ashley Judd told Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America Thursday that her stepfather and Wynonna Judd had deputized her to speak on the behalf of the family before things about the 30th of April become public without our control.
Im tasked with an exceedingly difficult task in disclosing the manner of the way my mother chose not to continue to live, she said.
Ashley Judd confirmed that her mother died by suicide.
Thats the piece of information we are very uncomfortable sharing, she said. But understand that were in a position that if we dont say it, someone else is going to.
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She indicated that she was being mindful about what information she chose to make public.
I want to be very careful about when we talk about this today for anyone who is having those ideas or those impulses, to talk to someone, to share, to be open, to be vulnerable, she said.
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