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Report: Country icon Naomi Judd died by suicide following longtime mental health struggle

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Naomi Judd died by suicide following a longtime struggle with mental health, according to a new report. The country legend took her own life on Saturday, multiple sources confirmed to People magazine. (Photo by Stephen Cohen/Getty Images) Editor's note: This story discusses suicide.

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Naomi Judd died by suicide following a longtime struggle with mental health, according to a new report.The country legend took her own life on Saturday, multiple sources confirmed to People magazine.

A rep for Judd told Fox News Digital on Monday: "There is an investigation by law enforcement and the coroner’s office."Wynonna and Ashley Judd announced their mother's death at the age of 76 on Saturday with a heartbreaking statement posted to social media. NAOMI JUDD DEAD AT 76: MUSIC WORLD SAYS GOODBYE TO LEGENDARY SINGERIt read: "Today we sisters experienced a tragedy.

We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public.

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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.
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