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Ashley Judd precocious shared that she injured her limb successful a “freak accident” this past summer, months aft her parent Naomi Judd died by suicide.
Ashley Judd Reveals Her Mother Naomi Judd's Cause of Death
Ashley Judd is grieving her parent Naomi Judd's decease 1 time astatine a time.
The Double Jeopardy actress revealed that she fractured her limb successful a "freak accident" this past summer, conscionable months aft her parent died by suicide.
"It was what it was," she said Oct. 27 while appearing connected Zoom other UCLA professor Dr. Jonathan Flint as portion of an Open Mind lecture, per The Hollywood Reporter. "Clumsiness is associated with grief, and determination were different radical successful our family, aft mom died, who fell down stairs and had accidents, and that's conscionable what excavation happened to look like."
Ashley, 54, said that her leg injury—a femoral condyle fracture—came little than 2 years aft she injured it by tripping implicit a fallen histrion during a hiking excursion successful the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the time, she shattered her limb successful 4 places, starring to a stressful rescue travel and a months-long recovery.
However, the Emmy-nominated histrion said this caller fracture was little dire and "healed successful 2 months, lickety-split." The betterment clip allowed her to face her emotions surrounding her mother's decease head-on.
"It truly allowed maine to grieve," she shared. "It truly allowed maine to halt what I was moving connected astatine that infinitesimal and to grieve."
Naomi died by termination connected April 30 astatine the property of 76. Throughout her life, the state fable was unfastened astir her struggles with intelligence health, including her three-year conflict with suicidal depression.
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With the six-month day of Naomi's passing approaching, Ashley said she is successful a overmuch amended spot and is making plans to spot her sister, Wynonna Judd, execute connected tour, which their parent was expected to beryllium portion of.
"I conscionable spent immoderate clip with my contented teacher today, and there's a batch going connected successful my beingness close now," she shared during the lecture. "We're approaching the [six] period day of my mom's passing and my sister's connected tour. I'm seeing 2 of the concerts this weekend, which brings up a batch of heavy poignancy, some joyousness and sorrow."
If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, delight telephone the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline astatine 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
