Actress Ashley Judd confirmed that her mother, country singer Naomi Judd, died via suicide last month, adding that her mother was dealing with longstanding mental health issues.
“She used a weapon,” Ashley Judd told ABC News in a Thursday interview. “A firearm. So that’s the piece of information we are very uncomfortable sharing.”
On April 30, Ashley and sister Wynonna Judd, also a singer, jointly announced that their 76-year-old mother died from the “disease of mental illness,” without elaborating at the time.
“Because we don’t want it to be part of the gossip economy I will share with you that she used a weapon; my mother used a firearm,” added the 54-year-old actress in the interview, adding, “understand that we’re in a position that if we don’t say it, someone else is going to.”
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