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Larry Strickland, Naomi JuddThe widow of the group confirmed that the late singer had shot him a gun after learning about his affair.
The lifelong docusary, “Judd Family: Truth Telled,” is a 79-year-old married Judd 33 years ago before his death in 2022, and the incident was briefly opened up about the incident.
In the audio of her 1993 memoir, “Love Can Building Bridges,” Judd could hear, “Roughly, crazy, passionately, lovingly,” despite her and Strickland being rarely home. At the time, Judd detailed the moments she learned about her husband’s misconduct after the women kept calling homes and expressing their love for Strickland.
Naomi Judd and Larry Strickland were married for 33 years before their death in 2022. (Harry Langdon/Getty Images)
Griefy Judd recalls ripping the pair’s photos and throwing away Strickland’s clothes and belongings.
At one point in Docusary, Strickland re-watched a scene from the TV film “Love Can Bridge.” There, Kathleen York, who played Naomi, shoots Bruce Greenwood, who played Strickland, after discovering his affair.
“Well, it really happened,” Strickland admitted. “That’s all I can say. That’s what I’m going to say. It happened.”
Judd and Strickland got married in May 1989.
Naomi Judd died in 2022 from a self-harmed gunshot wound. (AP image)
A member of Judd died of a self-harm gunshot wound one day before she was set up on April 30, 2022 It will be introduced At the Country Music Hall of Fame.
“I was really scared that she was flying alone from Wienna to Nashville because I knew how vulnerable she was.” Praise Naomi Right after her death.
Naomi’s daughter, actress Ashley Judd, appeared on “Good Morning America” at the time to discuss her mother’s mental health and how she died.
“She used a weapon… my mother used a firearm,” Ashley said during her appearance. “That’s the information we share in such an uncomfortable way, but we understand that we are in a position if we don’t say someone else is going.”
Naomi Judd’s daughters Winona and Ashley were opened up about their mother’s mental health struggles. (Kevin Mazur/Wireimage)
Ashley also shared details about Naomi’s final day.
“It was a mixed day,” the actress explained. “I used to visit and pop with my mom every day when I was in my Tennessee home, so I would visit the house as I did every day. Mom told me, ‘Would you stay with me?’ And I said, ‘Of course.’ …I let her know that her good friend was there and I discovered her from discovering her. ”
Naomi Judd died of a self-harmed gunshot wound, her daughter says
Elsewhere in the documentary, Ashley and her sister Winona Judd acknowledged that they had a complicated relationship with their late mother.
The sisters were opened about the first three episodes of growing up with their young mom, the abuse they experienced from one of their mother’s exes as children, leaving Los Angeles to return home to Kentucky, where Winona and Naomi find and deal with Superstar Dome in Country Music.
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Both daughters appear in “The Judd Family: Truth Be told” in the Lifetime Docusary. (Evan Agostini)
“I loved her more than I loved myself, but my mother was afraid of me because she was in love with me and expressed her inability to control things I didn’t know,” Winona said at the beginning of the docusary.
Winona said she believes her mother’s suicide will blame the “intergenerational trauma” her mother has experienced.
“One of the reasons why Mom decided she left this world is because of trauma, generational trauma, families that were not healed or corrected,” Winona said in the first episode of the show.
Wynonna Judd recalls her final performance with mom Naomi: “She was very vulnerable.”
Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd will perform during the release of No. 9 residency “Girls Night Out” at Venetian Las Vegas on October 7, 2015. (Mindy Small/FilmMagic)
Ashley added that she lived with a “constellations of suffering,” whose mother was caught up in severe depression before her death.
Strickland also admitted in the documen that he was “jealous of junk” Naomi’s success early in her career.
Naomi wrote Her memoir After she discovered that she was their song “Mama is crazy,” Strickland rose to her feet and walked out the door.
“I was jealous of her crap, you know,” he admitted.
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Brie Stimson of Fox News Digital contributed to this post.
