1. The Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with hepatitis; while Wynonna continued to perform as a solo artist, she occasionally reunited with her mother for tours as The Judds.
24 Facts About Naomi Judd
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Naomi Judd died by suicide in 2022, on the day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Naomi Judd's father owned a gas station and her mother was a riverboat cook.
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Naomi Judd's brother Brian died of leukemia in 1965 at the age of 17; Naomi Judd's first child, Christina Claire Ciminella, was born when Judd was 18.
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When she reverted to her maiden name following her divorce, she took the opportunity to change her name, Diana, which she did not think fit "her own spiritual, rural Kentucky conception of her true heritage", and decided to pay homage to the Biblical figure Naomi Judd, finding resonance in her story of moving to another land and eventually being left without a husband raising two women.
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The Judds broke up soon after Naomi Judd was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1991.
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Naomi Judd received the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement in 1993.
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From 2003 to 2004, Naomi Judd featured as a judge on the Star Search show hosted by Arsenio Hall.
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Naomi Judd was the author of several self-help books, including Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers.
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Naomi Judd joined the television reality-competition series Can You Duet, as a judge and mentor in 2008.
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Naomi Judd competed with her husband, Larry Strickland, in the first season of the Fox Broadcasting reality cooking series My Kitchen Rules in 2017.
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In 2021, Naomi Judd was one of the first to be inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Naomi Judd made her first screen appearance in the 1979 comedy film More American Graffiti.
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Naomi Judd guest-starred in the television series Sisters, The Client, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Touched by an Angel.
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In 1993, Naomi Judd played the female lead opposite Kenny Rogers in the made-for-television Western Rio Diablo.
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Naomi Judd continued to act, and in 1999 she starred as Lily Waite in the television film, A Holiday Romance.
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Also that year, Naomi Judd starred in the drama film Family Tree.
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Naomi Judd made a cameo appearance in the 2001 romantic comedy film Someone Like You starring Ashley Judd.
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Naomi Judd starred alongside Laura Prepon in the 2011 Lifetime television movie The Killing Game.
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Naomi Judd later starred in the Hallmark Channel films Nearlyweds and Window Wonderland, both released in 2013.
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Naomi Judd married her second husband, Larry Strickland of the Palmetto State Quartet, on May 6,1989.
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Naomi Judd's death came one day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Naomi Judd made the revelation to help raise awareness of mental illness, which she hoped would help those suffering from it.
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Naomi Judd said that she and the rest of the family wanted the manner of death to be shared by them rather than a secondhand source.