Naomi Judd, multiple Grammy award winner, passes away at 76
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"Country music lost a true legend...sing with the angels, Naomi!!!" tweets Carrie Underwood after Naomi Judd's demise.
Washington: Five-time Grammy award winner and country music great Naomi Judd, passed away on Saturday (local time) at the age of 76, ahead of her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday along with her daughter Ashley Judd as part of "The Judds duo".
"Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered," Ashley Judd said in a statement on Twitter.
"We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public," the statement added.
"We are in unknown territory."Naomi and her daughter, Wynonna, began singing together as professionals in the early 1980s, eventually producing a string of major hits, including "Mama He`s Crazy" and "Love Can Build a Bridge," selling more than 20 million records, CNN reported.
Their first single, "Had a Dream (For the Heart)," released in 1983, reached No. 17 on the Billboard country chart. Their next single, "Mama He`s Crazy," became the No. 1 song on country radio, according to the website, and won The Judds their first Grammy in 1984.
