Naomi Judd’s daughter Ashley Judd has revealed further information concerning her mother’s death.
On Thursday’s episode of Good Morning America, Ashley revealed to Diane Sawyer that her mother died by suicide on April 30 by “using a weapon.”
“Because we don’t want it to be part of the gossip economy, I will share that she used a weapon; my mother used a firearm,” said Ashley. “So that’s the piece of information we are very uncomfortable sharing, but understand that we’re in a position that if we don’t say it, someone else is going to.”
Ashley added that her mother “was seen and she was heard in her anguish, and she was walked home.”
“When we’re talking about mental illness, it’s essential to be clear and to make the distinction between our loved one and the disease,” she continued. “It’s very real … it lies, it’s savage.”
“I’m gonna make this fast because my heart’s broken — and I feel so blessed,” Wynonna told the audience. “I mean, it’s a very strange dynamic to be this broken and this blessed.”
