Ashley Judd Reveals Details Of Her Mother Naomi's Final Moments

Naomi Judd

Actress ASHLEY JUDD made an appearance on ABC-TV's GOOD MORNING AMERICA this morning (5/12), on which she revealed the cause of death for her mother, Country star NAOMI JUDD. The singer-songwriter used a gun to take her own life on APRIL 30th, following a lifetime of struggle with mental health (NET NEWS 5/2).

ASHLEY told ABC NEWS' DIANE SAWYER that, as a member of "a public family," she felt the need to share the information about her mother's death before it "became public without our control." She went on to explain, “Mother used a firearm. That’s the piece of information that we are very uncomfortable sharing, but understand that we’re in a position that -- if we don’t say it, someone else is going to.”

“She obviously was suffering,” JUDD added. “And, as such, her days up until that moment -- were hurtful to her.”

JUDD also shared details about her mother's final day, when the actress was there, visiting her mother and stepfather. “Mom said to me, ‘Will you stay with me?’ And I said, ‘Of course I will,’” JUDD said. Later, JUDD went to let her mother know that a friend had arrived, saying, “I went upstairs to let her know that the friend was there and I discovered her.” The actress said she suffers from both grief and trauma following the grim discovery.

Speaking about her mother's depression, JUDD said, "My mother knew that she was seen and she was heard in her anguish, and that she was walked home.”

Watch her emotional interview with SAWYER here.

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