Naomi Judd

Country music star Naomi Judd died from suicide, her actor daughter Ashley Judd confirmed Thursday during a “Good Morning America” interview with ABC ...

On Mother’s Day, Ashley penned a poignant op-ed for USA Today and said that she has “incandescent rage” over her mother’s mental health struggle and “unintended pregnancy” at age 17. “Mom was a brilliant conversationalist, she was a star. And so there are some things that we would just like to retain as a family,” Ashley said. That is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her,” she said. She was an underrated songwriter. “Our mother couldn’t hang on to be recognized by her peers.

Sunday's public celebration for the life of Naomi Judd will feature tributes from family and friends, along with never-before-seen performances.

Carly Pearce and Cody Alan will serve as hosts for CMT, providing commentary throughout the celebration to be held at the former home of the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. There will also be special messages from Bono, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey and Salma Hayek, according to a press release from CMT, which will broadcast the the event. "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts, who is a close family friend to the Judds, will host the memorial for the famed country singer who died in April

Country legend Naomi Judd's memorial will air on CMT this weekend. The Judds singer, who was 76 when she passed, will have her life put front and center ...

Your esteem for her and your regard for her really penetrated her heart. 'That is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her,' Ashley said. Naomi took her own life just a day before she and her daughter Wynonna, 57, were set to be inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame as members of the music duo The Judds.

Naomi Judd died the day before being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

“So when I walked around the back of their house and came in the kitchen door and she said, ‘There’s my darling, there’s my baby.’ And she lit up. Ashley Judd said that her mother shot herself with a gun, but asked for privacy on other details of the death. I mean, that is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her because the barrier between — the regard in which they held her couldn’t penetrate into her heart. The red-headed duo combined the traditional Appalachian sounds of bluegrass with polished pop stylings, scoring hit after hit in the 1980s. In an interview aired on “Good Morning America” on Thursday, the movie star said she wanted to address her mother's struggle with depression. And, you know, my mother, our mother, couldn’t hang on until she was inducted into the Hall of Fame by her peers.

The public memorial service for Naomi Judd has been set for this weekend and will air live on CMT, with a lineup of guests to be announced.

The Country Music Hall of Fame medallion ceremony that took place May 1 in Nashville ended up functioning in part almost as a preliminary memory service for Naomi, who died just a day before she and Wynonna were inducted as a duo into the hall. Carly Pearce and Cody Alan will host the CMT telecast. Bono, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Martina McBride and Salma Hayek will offer tributes, and Judd’s daughters Wynonna and Ashley Judd will appear.

Nashville royalty gathers Sunday evening inside the Ryman Auditorium to pay tribute to late country singer Naomi Judd.

- Bono - The Gaithers - Ashley McBryde