During the ceremony, Wynonna Judd and Ashley Judd thought about the difficulty of honoring their mother’s achievement so soon after they lost her. “I did not prepare anything tonight because I knew my mom would talk more,” Wynonna told the audience, according to the Taste of Country. Wynonna and Naomi Judd have appeared together for decades as the mother-daughter duo The Judds. “I will do this quickly, because my heart is broken and I feel so blessed. It is a very strange dynamic, to be so broken and so blessed.” The Country Music Hall of Fame was “shocked and saddened” by Judd’s death, CEO Kyle Young said in an earlier statement on Twitter. However, Judd’s family has requested that The Judds’ start be resumed as planned, he said. “We will do it, with a heavy heart,” Yang wrote. Jade died at the age of 76, her daughters announced Saturday, hours before the country music legend was celebrated with Wainona at the Nashville Museum Medal Ceremony. In their announcements posted on Twitter, Wynonna and Ashley, an actress, wrote that “they lost our beautiful mother due to mental illness”. “I’m sorry she could not be held until today,” Ashley said of her mother in tears at Sunday ‘s ceremony, according to a CBS News report. “Even though my heart is broken, I will continue to sing, because that’s what we do,” Wynonna said. The sisters concluded their observations by reciting Psalm 23 from the Bible. A tweet on the Hall of Fame page announced that the “Red Carpet Experience” pre-ceremony, scheduled for Sunday afternoon, had been canceled due to Jade’s death. Ray Charles, Eddie Bayers and Pete Drake were also inducted into the Hall of Fame during Sunday’s ceremony. “We are deeply saddened and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her audience,” her daughters said when they announced Naomi’s death. “We are in an unknown area.” Naomi Judd shared during a 2016 appearance on “Good Morning America” that she had been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. In the same year, she wrote a book entitled “River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope” explaining her struggles. In announcing its newly elected members in 2021, the Hall of Fame attributed to Naomi and Wynonna Judd that they helped “bring the country back to its roots in the 1980s with simple, melodic songs influenced by traditional folk music, blues and family harmonious acts. “ The mother-daughter duo began playing together as a professional project in the early 1980s, soon creating a series of hits such as “Mama He’s Crazy” and “Love Can Build a Bridge” and selling more than 20 million records. Between 1984 and 1991, the Judds won five Grammys and had 14 No. 1 singles per Hall of Fame. While Wynonna sang the lead song, “Naomi provided harmony, intelligence and a shocking stage presence that captivated the audience,” the Hall of Fame reported. The announcement was made after the news of Jade’s death, noting: “The museum, Jade’s family and fans, and the entertainment industry are mourning her sudden death.” The Judds appeared together in public for the first time in years at the CMT Music Awards earlier this month, singing “Love Can Build a Bridge”. Judd’s death also came shortly after the announcement of the Judds’ 10-day “Final Tour”, which was scheduled to begin in September.
