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The actor spoke about her mother's death at an event for the White House's new National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
The actor and Anderson Cooper had a very emotional conversation about family members who have died by suicide.
The actor said the horror of her mother's death will only worsen if the details are disclosed under a law that allows police reports to be made public.
The country singer's family said releasing the details would inflict significant trauma and irreparable harm on her loved ones.
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TheBerlin Station star said she's come to accept that her mother had been "doing the best she could" despite "untreated mental illness during her lifetime.
The actor, who was visibly emotional, told "Good Morning America" that she had been "deputized" to speak for her family.
I'm sorry that she couldn't hang on until today. Wynonna and Ashley Judd tearfully honored their mother as the Judds joined the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Im sorry that she couldnt hang on until today, a sobbing Ashley Judd said at the ceremony a day after her mom's death.
The death of Naomi Judd a day earlier will undoubtedly alter the normally celebratory ceremony.
The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.
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