Country music legend Naomi Judd — 듀오 The Judds의 절반 — 사망했다, her daughter Ashley Judd announced Saturday.
그녀는 76.
“오늘 우리 자매는 비극을 겪었습니다. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered,” Ashley Judd said in a statement on Twitter. Ashley Judd’s publicist verified the statement to CNN.
“We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public,” 추가 된 진술. “We are in unknown territory.”
Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd, of The Judds, attend the 2022 CMT Music Awards at Nashville Municipal Auditorium on April 11, 2022 내슈빌, 테네시.
Naomi and her daughter, Wynonna, began singing together as a professional act in the early 1980s, eventually producing a string of major hits, 포함 “Mama He’s Crazy” 과 “Love Can Build a Bridge,” and selling more than 20 million records.
Younger daughter Ashley Judd later became a celebrity in her own right as an actress.
Over the course of seven years, The Judds won five Grammys and had 14 아니. 1 singles, 에 따르면 the Country Music Hall of Fame.
The Judds completed what was billed as a farewell tour in 2011, but announced earlier this year a 10-date “Final Tour” that was scheduled to begin in September.
They performed together publicly for the first time in years earlier this month at the CMT Music Awards.
Naomi Judd was born Diana Ellen Judd in Kentucky in January 1946, according to The Judds’ 공무원 웹 사이트.
After the birth of her two daughters, the family moved to Tennessee, where Naomi Judd worked as a nurse. 으로 1980, she began pursuing a musical career for her and Wynonna, and making appearances on a local morning show, according to the website.
Their first single, “Had a Dream (For the Heart),” 출시 1983, reached No. 17 on the Billboard country chart. Their next single, “Mama He’s Crazy,” became the No. 1 song on country radio, according to the website, and won The Judds their first Grammy in 1984.
The Country Music Hall of Fame described their music as “characterized by distinctive harmonies,” 와 “강한” lead vocals and acoustic accompaniments with elements of “traditional folk, blues and family harmony.”
ㅏ diagnosis of hepatitis C, a potentially chronic and deadly viral illness, forced Naomi Judd to retire from performing in 1990. “Love Can Build A Bridge,” released December 1990, was the duo’s final single, according to the website.
에 2016, Naomi Judd opened up about mental illness 에 출연하는 동안 “좋은 아침 미국,” saying she had been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. The singer said at that time she would “not leave the house for three weeks, and not get out of my pajamas, and not practice normal hygiene.”
같은 해, she wrote a book titled “River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope” explaining her struggles.
Following news of her death, artists including country stars Carrie Underwood and Travis Tritt shared tributes on social media.
“Country music lost a true legend…sing with the angels, 나오미!!! We’re all sending up prayers for the Judd family today,” Underwood 썼다.
Tritt also shared his condolences to the family, 쓰기 in a post, “나오미 저드는 내가 아는 사람 중 가장 달콤한 사람 중 한 명이었습니다.. I had the honor of working with her in movies and numerous musical events.”
