NAOMI JUDD dead at the age of 76

Naomi Judd, half of the Grammy winning duo The Judds has died at the age of 76. Her daughters Wynonna and Ashley announced her death in a statement on Saturday. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” the sisters wrote.  “We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.” Naomi alongside her daughter Wyonna were scheduled to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.