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[jubilant]

@Mindy D   I read somewhere that it was probably suicide but I don't think we know for sure yet.  She had suffered from severe depression for years.

[sunshine45]

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@jubilant wrote:

@Mindy D   I read somewhere that it was probably suicide but I don't think we know for sure yet.  She had suffered from severe depression for years.

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did she also have other health issues @jubilant ?

[sunshine45]

found this via heavy.com

Naomi Judd was diagnosed with hepatitis. According to Health.com, she started experiencing “headaches, nausea, and muscle aches” in 1989 while on tour. She learned she had hepatitis, which she believed she contracted while working as a registered nurse, the site reported.

It added that she was told she was cured in 1995. Hep Mag reported in 2014, “The star was subsequently diagnosed with non-A, non-B hepatitis, which is how doctors classified hep C before a comprehensive screening test for the virus came out in 1992. After getting liver enzyme tests, Judd was told that she had as few as three years left to live.”

[Pearlee]

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@CAcableGirl2 wrote:

That is shocking - she was so young.  Tragic if it's what others have suggested. 

So very sad for her fans and those left behind to deal with her sudden death. 

May she rest in peace.  And may her family have some sort of peace knowing that she is no longer suffering with any kind of illness, either mental or physical.  

Can't hardly believe it, I loved her music. 

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@CAcableGirl2   76 isn't young.

[Love4cats]

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@Pearlee wrote:

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@sunshine45 wrote:

may she rest in peace...... 

she has had a number of health issues, hasnt she?

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@sunshine45  Read the other thread which has more info. Tbe statement by Ashley and Wynonna strongly implies it was a suicide.

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So very sad. Mental illness is such a terrible disease to battle with and unless someone suffer's from it (and I would not wish that h*ll on anyone) they don't understand how difficult it is. She is not suffering anymore, she is at peace.

[hckynutjohn]

Very sad! I liked their music from the first time I heard it.

Condolences to all her family, 🙏

hckynut  🇺🇸

[Effie54]

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@Mindy D wrote:

What disease of mental illness?

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She had severe depression.....so I'm guessing suicide. I don't know what else falls in that category 

[Malcontent]

@ECBG 

Just thought I'd post this:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

800-273-8255

[Mindy D]

Judd  told Robin Roberts of ABC, in an interview in 2016,  that her final diagnosis was severe depression. I also suffer from this exact same diagnosis but I am fortunate that my medication is effective. Judd suffered from treatment resistant severe depression (aka Major Depressive Disorder, Severe). 

[MarkeieMark]

Ugh. So talented, the whole family. Another chip sway at an era I was so blessed to grow up in. Very sad.