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Naomi Judd is a country music legend who’s still going strong at the age of 76! The icon, who came from humble beginnings in Kentucky, rose to fame in the 80s as part of the mother/daughter duo The Judds alongside her first-born child Wynonna Judd. The incredible pair would go on to win six Grammy awards, including Best Country Song for the Naomi-penned hit “Love Can Build a Bridge.” The duo eventually split in 1991 over concerns for Naomi’s Hepatitis C diagnosis, but there had already been tension brewing between the pair. For one, Wynonna was left in the dark about her birth father for the majority of her life, as she believed Naomi’s first husband Michael Ciminella was her dad. However, Naomi had gotten pregnant with Wynonna with her boyfriend Charles Jordan, who left her before the baby was born. Naomi then married Michael and the pair gave birth to Ashley Judd in 1968 before they split four years later.
