One of America’s biggest country music stars Naomi Judd has died suddenly at 76yo after suffering from mental illness. Her daughters are Hollywood actress Ashley Judd and singer Wynonna – they described her death as a tragedy, saying “we are navigating profound grief and know that, as we loved her, she was loved by the public.” The family said they wouldn’t be releasing any other details about her death. Naomi and Wynonna were the Grammy-winning duo The Judds, who last performed together a fortnight ago at the US Country Music Awards. They will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this morning. Naomi – who’d just announced an arena tour to begin in September – was so youthful that the mother-daughter duo was often mistaken for sisters. The Judds are country music icons in the US – they scored 14 #1 songs between 1983 and 2000 when ill health made it difficult for Naomi to go on performing. She is survived by her husband Larry Strickland, who was a backup singer for Elvis Presley.