Grammy Award-winning artist Naomi Judd died on Saturday afternoon, April 30, 2022, many recalled that her recent memoir, "River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope," directly addressed her battle with mental illness.NAOMI JUDD DEAD AT 76"River of Time" came out in 2016 from Hachette/Center Street.Early on in the book, in a dedication, Judd wrote that "even in the darkest days" of her battle with depression, "I was never blinded to the compassion from my beloveds who continually reached down with loving hands and lifted me out of my harrowing nightmare of despair," she said.Mother and daughter C/W duo Naomi and Wynonna Judd singing in concert. (Photo by Ron Wolfson/Getty Images) "Because of you, I can tell my story," she added.She described experiencing the "boulder-like weight of my severe treatment-resistant depression and terrifying panic attacks."In the book, she detailed how the world "knows me as the Mom half of the Judds singing duo."She said her life was filled with "interesting people, different scenery, new things to learn, and exhilarating events."She also said that "just when we were cresting the top of the show business world, in 1990, doctors told me that I had only three years to live." That's when she was diagnosed with hepatitis C, which she said she had unknowingly contracted during her work as a nurse, "before the Judds took off."NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 07: Naomi Judd attends Pet Philanthropy Circle's 5th Pet Hero Awards at Gotham Hall on October 7, 2016 in New York City.