Tragic details surrounding Naomi Judd’s suicide have surfaced via the singer’s autopsy report obtained by Page Six on Friday, August 26.According to the documents from the Nashville medical examiner’s office, the country crooner was found “unresponsive in her home by family” at 10:57 a.m.
local time on April 30. She was 76 years old.“She had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was transported to Williamson Medical Center where she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival,” the report states.“Per family, the decedent has had prior suicidal ideations and recent life stressors.
A weapon and a note with suicidal connotations were found near the decedent at the scene,” the autopsy continues, revealing that Judd has a medical history of “significant” anxiety, bipolar disorder, chronic idiopathic pneumonitis, hepatitis C, hypertension, hypothyroidism and depression.Naomi’s daughters, Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd announced their mother’s passing via Twitter on April 30.“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy.
We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” they wrote in a joint statement at the time. “We are shattered.
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