Naomi Judd Suicide Note: How Wynonna Judd Feels After Mom Called Her 'Mentally Ill' Revealed

Wynnona Judd, Naomi Judd
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Naomi Judd was quite transparent. Before she passed away in April 2022 at the age of 76, she spoke about her struggle with depression and mental illness.

She felt the need to express her feelings to someone even in her last moments.

A suicide note had been found at the death scene, according to the policy. According to Radar Online, Naomi left a heartbreaking suicide note that read, "Do not let Wy come to my funeral. She's mentally ill."

To protect Wynonna Judd, Naomi's oldest daughter and the other half of the singing phenomenon duet The Judds, police first concealed the message.

Wynonna, however, is said to have been devastated by her mother's savage dying message when the singer's kids saw it and talked about it.

A source told Radar Online that despite the tragic letter, Wy "knows better than anybody the mental challenges Naomi went through, but it simply hurts her to believe her mom's final thoughts were so cruel."

Nevertheless, Wynonna is soldiering on with their rumored tour, "The Judds: A Final Tour," which was organized before Naomi's unexpected passing.

The tour has already added fifteen dates, and after it concludes on February 25, Wynonna apparently wants to embark on another tour.

"For Wy, it's performing to significantly larger crowds than her solo performance," according to a different source.

Because of her unstable financial situation, she was unable to turn away from that type of payout, despite friends' advice to pull over, take a deep breath, and concentrate on gaining perspective on her mother's passing.

The family of Naomi Judd has apparently been criticizing the media for their allegedly "irresponsible" reporting of her terrible passing.

After years of inner agony, the Grammy-winning singer and composer took her own life by shooting himself in the head.

The suicide letter was among the materials the Williamson County Sheriff's Office made public this week.

Ashley Judd, Naomi's youngest child, published a long message on her social media in response to the bombshell revelations, criticizing the media for profiting off of her family's "suffering and misery."

Ashley continued to criticize this "journalism" as nothing more than "the crudest monetization" and their "flagrant, cynical contempt for public welfare" in a message she shared on social media under the name "The Judd and Strickland Families."

The Judd family first filed a request with the court to keep the specifics of Naomi Judd's suicide and death private, but they ultimately forced to withdraw it.

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