Ashley Judd talks about her mother’s suicide and what happens now.

Naomi Judd was set to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with her daughters Ashley and Wynonna the day she ended her life. Her family says that Naomi fought severe depression for decades and that memories of being abused as a child tormented her throughout her life. Her daughters, Ashley and Wynonna Judd went on to pay tribute to their mother.

ABC7’s, Naomi Judd death: Daughter Ashley Judd opens up about losing mother to ‘disease of mental illness’

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