Naomi Judd's husband knew how 'fragile' singer was in days before her death

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Naomi Judd's husband was "scared to death" over the country music star's trip to Nashville days before she died by suicide. Naomi traveled from Vienna, Austria, to Nashville, Tennessee, for the Country Music Hall of Fame ceremony.The Judds member died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 30, one day before she was set to be inducted. "I was really scared to death about her flying alone all the way from Vienna back to Nashville cause I knew how fragile she was," Strickland said Sunday during CMT’s "Naomi Judd: A River of Time" honoring Naomi.

Naomi Judd and husband Larry Strickland pose for a portrait in 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Harry Langdon) Strickland also read a message sent to him from someone Naomi had met on the flight to Nashville.  "It’s a small comfort, I’m sure, but my life seems a lot richer after meeting your wife, however briefly," the email read. "Obviously, I didn’t know Naomi at all, but I can tell you she spoke highly and warmly of you, and the life you shared together.

Rest assured she loved you and had no qualms about telling me, a stranger on a plane, that was so." Strickland admitted the letter from the stranger gave him "great, great pleasure and comfort." Naomi Judd during Lifetime's Achievement Awards: Women Changing the World. (KMazur/WireImage) Naomi's daughter Ashley Judd appeared on "Good Morning America" to discuss her mother's mental health and her manner of death. "She used a weapon… my mother used a firearm," Ashley said during the appearance. "So that’s the piece of information that we are.