Wynonna Judd Recalls Saying Goodbye to Late Mother Naomi in First Interview Since Her Death
etonline.comWynonna Judd is opening up about the loss of her mother, country music legend Naomi Judd, in a new interview. «I got the call, and I went over, and I saw her and that was that,» Wynonna says on, in a preview clip of a segment that will air in full on Sept.
25. «I said goodbye to her in the hospital, and I closed her eyes, and I kissed her forehead and that was that. And the next thing I know, I'm sitting here on the front porch, on the side porch… you know, and I'm just tryin' to figure out what's next.» Naomi died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 30 at 76 years old.
The family said at the time that Naomi had suffered from PTSD and bipolar disorder.Wynonna's sister, actress Ashley Judd, previously revealed that she was the one to discover their mother's failing body in the wake of the gunshot and dialed 911.
She and the family have since asked a judge to seal police reports and recordings made during the course of its investigation into her death.They said that, should the police reports and recordings be made available to the public, it would bring «significant trauma and irreparable harm» to the family. «I did not know that she was at the place she was at when she ended it because she had had episodes before and she got better,» Wynonna now says. «That's the challenge with mental illness.
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