We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public,' the statement read. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. Naomi's daughters, Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd, announced their mother's death in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. The country icon, who was part of the famous mother-daughter duo The Judds, died on May 30 after suffering from mental illness.