Naomi Judd’s family announced on Saturday that the singer had died at age 76.
Tributes have poured in for country music legend Naomi Judd after her family announced she had died, aged 76. The icon’s family announced in a Saturday tweet that Judd had died “to the disease of mental illness” and that they were “shattered” by her death. She died one day before The Judds were due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. As news of Judd’s death broke, tributes poured in for the singer over social media platform Twitter. Actress Kristen Johnston said on Twitter: “I’m so sad about Naomi Judd. She was so lovely and warm and fun. But the thing I remember best was how proud she was of her daughters, she talked about them the whole time. My heart breaks for her family.” Author and former Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson tweeted: “Naomi Judd was a lovely woman and I’m very sorry to hear about her passing.
