Country music legend Naomi Judd — one half of the duo The Judds — has died, her daughter Ashley Judd announced Saturday. She was 76 years old.
The Judds are best known for hits like “Mama He’s Crazy” and “Love Can Build a Bridge.” The duo picked up a total of five Grammys, nine CMA awards, and seven ACM awards throughout their illustrious career.
The Country Music Hall of Fame described The Judds’ music as having “distinctive harmonies,” with “powerful” lead vocals and acoustic accompaniments that encompass elements of “traditional folk, blues, and family harmony.”
The Judds’ final performance was at the 2022 CMT Music Awards, and Judd’s passing came just a day before she was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Judd with her brother, Brian Judd, around 1949 in Ashland, Kentucky. From Judd FamilyWynonna Judd, left, shows off her first toy guitar in 1970.
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Judd, left, and Wynonna Judd pose for photos at a restaurant gig in 1978.
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By 1980, Judd had started pursuing a musical career for her and her daughter. The two sing together on a porch while Wynonna plays guitar.
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Wynonna Judd, Dolly Parton, and Naomi Judd attend the Marlboro Sponsored Country Music Tour on March 8, 1987, at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York.
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Judd poses with her daughters Ashley Judd, left, and Wynonna Judd in 1984.
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Judd and Wynonna Judd pose for a promotional photo used on the cover of their 1984 album, Why Not Me.
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Judd and Wynonna Judd attend the Grammy Awards on February 26, 1985. They won their first Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal for the song ‘Mama He’s Crazy.’ Ron Galella/Getty ImagesJudd poses for a photo in 1988, the same year as the release of The Judds’ Greatest Hits album, featuring the songs ‘Give a Little Love’ and ‘Change of Heart.’
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Judd, with daughters Wynonna Judd and Ashley Judd, greets U.S. Marines at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, around 1988.
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Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd perform on stage during a concert on April 12, 1991.
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Ashley Judd, left, Naomi Judd and Wynonna Judd attend the Commitment to Life Concert Benefit on November 18, 1992 in Universal City, California.
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Judd stars alongside Kenny Rogers as Flora Mae Pepper in the movie ‘Rio Diablo,’ released in 1993.
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Judd appears on the show ‘Up in the Air’ with Swoosie Kurtz. The episode aired May 21, 1994.
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Wynonna Judd, left, and Naomi Judd perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXVIII in Atlanta on January 30, 1994.
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Musicians Dana Williams, Brian Prout, Jimmy Olander, Gene Johnson, Marty Roe and Dan Truman of Diamond Rio, hold Judd at the 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Universal City, California on April 24, 1996. Barry King/Alamy Stock PhotoJudd, left, and Wynonna Judd perform at San Jose Arena in San Jose, California on March 3, 2000.
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Judd takes part in the pre-race parade before the start of the 88th running of the Indianapolis 500 in Indianapolis on May 30, 2004.
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Judd and husband Larry Strickland at the ‘Twisted’ film premiere in Los Angeles on February 23, 2004.
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Wynonna Judd, Ashley Judd, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Naomi Judd at the Youth AIDS Gala on September 14, 2005.
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Judd performs at the 2008 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California on May 3, 2008.
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Judd, left, and Wynonna Judd perform during the 2010 CMA Music Festival in Nashville on June 11.
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Poet Maya Angelou and Judd attend Angelou’s 82nd birthday party in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on May 20, 2010.
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Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd perform onstage during the ACM Presents: Girls’ Night Out: Superstar Women of Country concert held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 4, 2011.
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Actor Conrad Bachman and Judd attend her induction into the Kentucky Legends Hall of Fame at Down One Bourbon Bar in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 12, 2013.
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Wynonna Judd, left, and Naomi Judd arrive at The Venetian Las Vegas to launch their nine-show residency ‘Girls Night Out’ in Las Vegas on October 6, 2015.
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Judd and her husband, Larry Strickland, cook together in an episode of ‘My Kitchen Rules’ on January 19, 2017.
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Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd attend the 2022 CMT Music Awards at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville on April 11, 2022.
