Naomi Judd’s daughter Ashley opens up about cause of country music star’s death Singer died last month, one day before being admitted into the Country Music Hall of Fame Naomi Judd remembered in song and tears at public memorialRemarks and music with lyrics about love, loss and heaven were a common thread throughout the public memorial held for Naomi Judd Sunday at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Naomi Judd’s daughter opens up about cause of country music star’s deathSinger died last month, one day before being admitted into the Country Music Hall of Fame Ashley Judd talks about mental health after mother's deathAshley Judd encouraged people to seek help for their mental health after the loss of her mother, country star Naomi Judd Naomi Judd died of self-inflicted firearm wound, Ashley Judd revealsAshley Judd and her family wanted the world to hear from them how Naomi Judd died. Naomi Judd died by suicide, daughter Ashley Judd confirmsActor discussed the death of her mother, the Grammy-winning country musician, in an interview on Good Morning America Naomi Judd Died of a Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound, Her Daughter SaysThe actress Ashley Judd said in a television interview on Thursday that her mother was suffering from mental illness when she died last month. Country music star Naomi Judd died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, family sayNaomi Judd, matriarch of the country music duo the Judds, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a day before being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, her family said on Thursday.