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Ashley Judd Reveals Her Mother Naomi Judd's Cause of Death
Ashley Judd is reflecting connected the devastating time her mother, Naomi Judd, died.
The High Crimes actress, 54, opened up astir "the astir shattering time of my life" successful a harrowing effort for The New York Times, during which she shared that she recovered her parent successful her dying moments aft taking her ain life.
"My beloved mother, Naomi Judd, who had travel to judge that her mental illness would lone get worse, ne'er better, took her ain beingness that day," Ashley wrote. "The trauma of discovering and past holding her laboring assemblage haunts my nights."
But alternatively of being capable to beryllium with her ma arsenic she took her past breaths, Ashley said she was bombarded with interviews that "felt mandatory and imposed connected me" from the section police.
"I felt cornered and powerless arsenic instrumentality enforcement officers began questioning maine portion the past of my mother's beingness was fading," she wrote. "I wanted to beryllium comforting her, telling her however she was astir to spot her daddy and younger member arsenic she ‘went distant home,' arsenic we accidental successful Appalachia."
Ashley besides wrote astir the months pursuing Naomi's death, wherever she, her sister Wynonna Judd, and the remainder of their household had to record a "petition with the courts" to forestall the nationalist from having entree to constabulary records surrounding the state star's passing.
"This profoundly intimate idiosyncratic and aesculapian accusation does not beryllium successful the press, connected the net oregon anyplace but successful our memories," the Double Jeopardy actress wrote. "We person asked the tribunal to not merchandise these documents not due to the fact that we person secrets. We inquire due to the fact that privateness successful decease is simply a decease with much dignity. And for those near behind, privateness avoids heaping further harm upon a household that is already permanently and painfully altered."
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Naomi died by termination astatine the property of 76 connected April 30, a time before she and Wynonna were set to beryllium inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Following the "Love Can Build a Bridge" singer's death, her husband Larry Strickland and her daughters were granted a impermanent order in Williamson County, Tenn. that prevents Williamson County Sheriff Dusty Rhoades from "disclosing definite records and different materials regarding the decease of Naomi Judd pursuant to 1 oregon much Public Records Act requests," according to the ineligible documents.
The household also requested an "emergency en parte restraining order" that would cease the sheriff from sharing immoderate investigative materials due to the fact that "not each persons needed for a conscionable adjudication are presently earlier the court."
The tribunal volition perceive the family's question connected Sept. 12.
If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, delight telephone the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline astatine 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
