Naomi Judd made heartbreaking final request in note before death

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By Asiya Ali

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Naomi Judd left a devastating final message before taking her own life last year.

As previously reported, the 76-year-old country singer - who battled depression and mental illness for years - died by suicide on April 30.

Just one day after her tragic death, her daughters Wynonna and Ashley Judd paid tribute to her on stage after she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame as one half of The Judds - a musical group with her daughter.

Now, images allegedly obtained from the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office in Franklin, Tennessee, reveal photos of the singer-singwriter's last message.

Read the note below: 

The picture - first reported on by RadarOnline - shows the note attached to documents from the investigation with a yellow evidence identification marker.

"Do not let Wy [Wynonna] come to my funeral. She’s mentally ill," Judd is claimed to have written. The word "not" was underlined, indicating how strongly she felt about allegedly banning the 58-year-old musician from her services.

According to the outlet, a source revealed that Wynonna did attend the funeral last year and that she also appeared with her sister at the Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on May 15.

In addition to this, the Daily Mail reported that a police officer stated in his document that her husband, musician Larry Strickland, was traveling at the time of her death and that the Country music songstress didn’t want to be alone.

The publication also alleged that the 54-year-old actress was the one who discovered her mother in her bed and called the ambulance, and that hours before her sudden death, she saw the singer in a manic state and called the family doctor, Dr. Ted Klontz.

The doctor attended to Judd in her bedroom but had just left for a moment when Ashley found her mother had taken her own life, per the New York Post.

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(L-R) Naomi, Ashley and Wynonna Judd in 2005. Credit: Abaca Press / Alamy

In May, Wynonna opened up about the heartbreak of losing her mom on Instagram, writing: "I DO know, that the pain of losing Mom on 4/30 to suicide is so great, that I often feel like I’m not ever going to be able to fully accept and surrender to the truth that she left the way she did. This cannot be how The Judds story ends."

She also added that she needed to work on herself to avoid the mental health and addiction struggles that have plagued her family, adding that she will "fight for my faith, for my SELF, for my family".

The 'Why Not Me' singer was a long-time advocate for mental health and was very open about her struggles with severe depression and anxiety.

She had written a book called River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope and wrote an open letter for Mental Health Awareness Week in 2018.

Her family has been highly critical of the media coverage of their tragedy and even dropped a lawsuit last December that they filed to stop the public release of pictures showing the mother's last moments and to close the report of the investigation.

"Those who are victims of losing a loved one to suicide shouldn’t be re-victimized again," they wrote in a statement, according to the Guardian.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out for help and contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741, or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.

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