When asked about her daughter Wynonna, Naomi Judd said, “She’s mentally ill,” in a scathing suicide note.
Disinviting her daughter and singing partner Wynonna from her funeral was the final tragic message that tormented country diva Naomi Judd left for her.
Naomi penned on a Post-It note, “Do not let Wy come to my funeral,” in a tragic suicide note. She has a mental illness. The word “not” was crossed out.
Singer of “Cry Myself to Sleep” took her own life on April 30, 2018, at the age of 76, at her ranch in Tennessee, following years of mental illness and depression.
During the agonising half-hour wait for an ambulance, the Nashville star laid in the arms of her distraught 54-year-old daughter, Ashley.
The terrible last will and testament of her daughter Wynonna, half of the top-charting band The Judds, is the latest scandal to engulf the famous family.
It has been stated that Wynonna and Ashley were disinherited from their mother’s will.
Naomi’s will gave Larry Strickland, her husband, “complete authority and discretion” over any estate assets “without the approval of any court” or the consent of any beneficiary.
A source at the time stated that Wynonna was “upset” to have been left out, as she and Naomi were half of the pair The Judds and Wynonna “believes she was a significant driver behind her mother’s success.”
Wynonna, though, shot off rumours of a family fight brewing over her late mother’s fortune in an interview with People magazine back in October.
Someone at Ashley’s house overheard people talking negatively about me and said, “Hey, did you know that they’re saying this about you?” I was like, “Huh? ‘I can’t believe I’m picking a fight with Ashley. In the words of Wynonna.
Over what exactly are you fighting? This is the best time of my life, and I am very fortunate. The good times just keep rolling for Ashley. Why are we arguing about who has the willpower?
The tension between Naomi and Wynonna is likely to come into a new light after the discovery of the terrible suicide note.
Intimate family member said that despite the apparent deathbed insult, Wynonna (now age 58) attended her mother’s burial.
“For years, Naomi battled mental illness and suicide ideation, and Wynonna was there with her,” the person added. The Judds “became international music superstars after touring the world,” but their success was not without its share of drama.
The daughter, who is now upset, “simply has to continue to trust her mother did not intend what she wrote,” the insider said.
An officer at the scene, it has been reported by RadarOnline.com, initially buried the note in the pages of a book “simply because he did not want the note to harm Wynonna’s feelings.”
The Williamson County Medical Examiner’s Office stated that Naomi took a number of prescription medicines, including Parkinson’s disease medication, because she suffered from anxiety, bipolar disorder, and depression.
In 1980, Wynonna and her mother, Naomi, who also sings, created the band The Judds.