Naomi Judd’s Legacy: How Tragedy United Wynonna and Ashley
Naomi Judd’s family reflects on her passing three years later.
In a recent interview, her widower, Larry Strickland, shares that Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd were drawn closer together after Naomi’s death by suicide at the age of 76 on April 30, 2022.
“They were forced together,” says Strickland, 79. “We all had to come together around this trauma, this tragic event. And it, of course, opened our eyes about how short life can be and how fleeting.”
Strickland added, “Realizing that we lost a wife and mother, it forced us to be together, whether we wanted to or not.”
Strickland also became “closer” with the actress, 57, and the singer, 60, after Naomi’s passing.
“It just really drove me closer to them because they’re what’s left of [Naomi],” he said.
Strickland continued, “We were close, I think, always in the early years and later years, but the fact that Naomi’s gone and Wynonna and Ashley are the main part of her that’s left, and it’s what’s still here for me to cling to and have in my life.”
Strickland spoke ahead of the release of a new docuseries, *The Judd Family: Truth Be Told* (airing May 10 and 11). For the show, he, Ashley, and Wynonna provide access and insight into their lives and their relationship with Naomi.
The four-part series, set to be released on Mother’s Day weekend, features the Judd sisters detailing their upbringing and path to stardom.
According to a press release, the docuseries will explore “the complex mother-daughter dynamics and intergenerational trauma as seen through the eyes of The Judd Family.”
In addition to Strickland, Ashley, and Wynonna, close family members will also share their stories.
Also featured will be home videos and previously unreleased songs and audio.
*The Judd Family: Truth Be Told*, directed by Alexandra Dean, airs on May 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.
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