Ashley Judd shares emotional tribute to late mother Naomi Judd as she marks first birthday without her

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Ashley Judd marked her first birthday since the death of her mother Naomi Judd with an emotional Instagram post. The actress, who turned 55 Wednesday, shared a lengthy tribute to Naomi as she reflected on memories of her past birthdays they celebrated together.The country star died by suicide April 30, 2022, at the age of 76.

The "Kiss the Girls" star posted an image of the handwritten baby announcement that her mother sent out after Ashley's birth in 1968 and a photo of her holding up her birthday cake from this year's celebration. "My birthday.

Everyone who loves me is making it as soft (cake in bed) and precious as they can, as my mind can't help but calculate that on my last birthday, Mom was a scant 11 days from her death by crushing suicide," Ashley began her caption. "So it is my first without her.

I think of her constantly. I am looking at my baby announcement & sitting with her tender joy in sharing about me. I am recalling her annual rite of recounting to me the day of my birth, all the details that were so precious to her.