I haven't seen this anywhere else. Naomi Judd has died.

[Boomerproud]

Ashley and Wynonna are "shattered " saying she died ",of the disease of mental illness. ". RIP.

[DURHAM D]

1. Already posted here twice. nt

[Boomerproud]

2. I scrolled and didn't see your OP

Sorry.

[kcr]

8. Yours was the first I saw

[femmedem]

15. Don't feel bad. It probably wasn't even up when you first started checking and creating your post.

Thanks for taking the time to share the news with us.

[abqtommy]

3. snark on: Oh noes! I've never seen a dupe before here on DU! (snark off) Please

carry on. I gave you a K&R.

[riversedge]

4. I just heard it on msnbc a bit ago. very brief announcement only

[progressoid]

5. Wow. News to me.

Just Googled and saw this.

“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy,” the statement said, according to the Associated Press. “We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. 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.”

A statement from Naomi Judd’s publicist said that her husband of 32 years, Larry Strickland, “will not be making any further statements. Naomi Judd’s family request privacy during this heartbreaking time. No additional information will be released at this time.”

The announcement came the day before the Judds were set to be formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame at a medallion ceremony in Nashville.

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/naomi-judd-dead-dies-judds-wynonna-ashley-country-music-duo-1235255214/

[calguy]

6. Only fours years older than me

Every time I see another famous icon cross over to the other side, I am reminded of my own mortality and the dwindling number of tomorrows I have left in my account.. Makes me want to get that much more out of today.

[cilla4progress]

7. Mental

illness?

[XanaDUer2]

9. I know

I have it

[BlackSkimmer]

10. I'm thinking suicide.

Very sad, no matter what.

[XanaDUer2]

11. Yes nt

[BlackSkimmer]

12. It strikes the rich and poor, the famous and unknown.

[cilla4progress]

13. How painful!

[Warpy]

14. Depressiion is a fatal illness in many people

and depression arising from childhood trauma often can't be treated by antidepressant drugs. Childhood trauma also increases the risk of suicide.

So far, drugs of abuse the DEA doesn't like have shown promise, like Ketamine (renamed Calypso, like a depressed person will suddenly want to dance), MDMA for severe PTSD, and psilocybin. It has been extremely difficult to get studies done properly, especially the larger scale studies that might tell them something more useful and narrow the focus about which drug might be best for particular patients, because of the War on Drugs.

I don't know if any of these drugs might have helped Naomi Judd, or if the experimental antidepressant electrode system might have helped. It would have helped a lot if she and other survivors had been given the options.

Depression is not a moral failing. It's not something you can snap out of. It is a potentially fatal disease that needs appropriate treatment. I wish such treatment had been available to her.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. From Dolly Parton

Link to tweet