Ashley Judd Reveals How Naomi Judd Died in Emotional ‘Good Morning America’ Interview

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Good Morning America” for an emotional Thursday segment in which she revealed that Naomi Judd used a firearm to take her own life, and that she discovered her mother during a routine daily visit to her Tennessee home.“I would start with, my mother knew that she was seen and she was heard in her anguish, and … she was walked home.

She was walked home,” Judd said. Judd said her sister Wynonna wasn’t ready to speak publicly, but that her family had “deputized” her to talk about how Naomi Judd took her own life.“I’m tasked with an exceedingly difficult task in disclosing the manner of the way my mother chose not to continue to live,” she said through tears. “And I’ve tough about this so much because once I say it, it can’t be unsaid.

And because I don’t want it to be part of the gossip economy, I will share with you that she used a weapon. Mother used a firearm.

So that’s the piece of information that we are very uncomfortable sharing, but we understand … if we don’t say it, someone else is going to.”You can watch the entire interview here.Judd said she visited her mother’s home on the April day she died, just as she did every day when she was in Tennessee. “It was a mixed day,” she said. “I visit with my mom and pop every day when I’m in Tennessee. … Mom said to me, ‘Will you stay with me?’ and I said ‘Of course I will.'” At some point a “comforting friend” had arrived at the house, and Judd went upstairs to let Naomi know someone was there for her.“I went upstairs to let her know the friend was there, and I discovered her,” Judd said. “I have both grief and trauma from discovering her.