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'Mom used a weapon': Ashley Judd chokes up as she reveals her mother Naomi 'used a firearm' to kill herself last month after battling mental health issues aged 76
daily mail ^ | 5/12/2022 | anderson

Posted on 05/12/2022 7:19:44 AM PDT by RummyChick

Naomi Judd shot herself with a gun a day before she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, her heartbroken daughter has revealed.

The singer killed herself with the firearm at her Tennessee farm on April 30 aged 76 after battling her mental health, Ashley told Good Morning America on Thursday.

Ashley choked back tears as she drip-fed more details about the iconic singer's suicide last month in her first television interview on the tragedy.

She and her sister Wynonna - who performed with Naomi for years in The Judds - first open up about her death at the Country Music Hall of Fame ceremony on May 1.

Meanwhile widowed husband Larry Strickland released a short statement asking for privacy, adding they were going through a 'heartbreaking time'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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maybe this helps suicide prevention but sometimes...things seem like too much information.
1 posted on 05/12/2022 7:19:44 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Seems like she trying to squeeze some Gun Control out of this tragedy.


2 posted on 05/12/2022 7:21:51 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: ClearCase_guy

i had that thought...but perhaps they are just trying to get ahead of the autopsy results...but then again..this is Ashley Judd so who knows.


3 posted on 05/12/2022 7:25:11 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Seems like she trying to squeeze some Gun Control out of this tragedy.”

That’s what I got out of it.


4 posted on 05/12/2022 7:26:00 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Exactly. Ashley the Liberal Advocate is going to be all over this and blaming guns for everything her new career. I’ve had personal firearms since I was 12. Not one of them ever killed anyone.


5 posted on 05/12/2022 7:26:28 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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To: RummyChick

I recall that Ashley Judd described herself as a “Nasty Woman”.

No argument from me.

Put on your Pussy Hat and spew hate...Karma is a bitch.


6 posted on 05/12/2022 7:28:04 AM PDT by Herodes
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To: RummyChick

Going for the twofer - pro abortion and anti-gun.


7 posted on 05/12/2022 7:29:18 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: ClearCase_guy

Politicizing her mom’s suicide.

After all...Ashley’s a “nasty woman”.


8 posted on 05/12/2022 7:29:42 AM PDT by moovova
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To: FlingWingFlyer

they had the option of trying to keep this all under wraps. at her age they could have just said she died peacefully in her sleep. I am sure it could have been contained.

Naomi was honest about her troubles with mental illness so I get why they would be open about it. Just seems like fans could have been left with a better image of Naomi instead of a gun splattered head.


9 posted on 05/12/2022 7:30:38 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

I agree. Gun Control is where this whole thing is going to end up. Who bought the gun for a person suffering from severe depression is what needs to be investigated.


10 posted on 05/12/2022 7:34:27 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

as long as she takes a breath let half out the squeeze slowly


11 posted on 05/12/2022 7:35:03 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: RummyChick

We already had enough detail, she killed herself, that’s enough.


12 posted on 05/12/2022 7:35:51 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Ashley choked back tears as she drip-fed more details about the iconic singer's suicide last month in her first television interview on the tragedy.

Sounds like she's going for an Emmy.

13 posted on 05/12/2022 7:35:56 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: RummyChick

where/how did she get a gun?


14 posted on 05/12/2022 7:36:23 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: ClearCase_guy

The good guy in me wants to pray for their inner peace in dealing with the grief. The cynic in me thinks, the left will “Let no crisis go to waste. “

The article pushed me over the cynic edge with the phrase “drip fed” details. Yah, drama queen has to drama queen.

Naomi shot herself with a handgun because she had demons she couldn’t face anymore. That sentence should have been the family comment.


15 posted on 05/12/2022 7:36:50 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: moovova

Yep, that is her greatest and ugliest performance.


16 posted on 05/12/2022 7:37:57 AM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yep!
“We need Gun Control to keep Celebrities safe”


17 posted on 05/12/2022 7:39:26 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: RummyChick

Agreed. TMI. Though I can’t help but wonder if this is a dig at RKBA.

But if they knew her state of mind, I would have guessed they would keep firearms away from her. Maybe they did and she found a way anyway.


18 posted on 05/12/2022 7:39:27 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: brownsfan; ClearCase_guy

Agreed, Naomi was a professional nurse for many years and she could have easily used an overdose of common medication or gotten into a car in her garage and with the garage door closed and the driver’s window open turned over the engine and breathed in the fumes.


19 posted on 05/12/2022 7:39:27 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Yes. She’s reported to have mental illness by her daughter so in that case it would be a good idea to make sure she had no access to a firearm.

Mental illness is what caused her to act this way. If it wasn’t a gun it would’ve been something else.


20 posted on 05/12/2022 7:39:48 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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