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Diana Ellen Strickland (Judd)

Also Known As: "Naomi", "Ciminella", "Strickland"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: King's Daughters Hospital, Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 30, 2022 (76)
At home, Leipers Fork, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States (suicide)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Charles Glen Judd and Pauline Ruth (Oliver) Rideout
Wife of Private
Ex-wife of Michael Ciminella
Ex-partner of Charles Michael Jordan
Mother of Wynonna Judd and Ashley Judd
Sister of Brian Judd; Private and Private

Occupation: singer-songwriter, actress, author
Managed by: Geoffrey David Trowbridge
Last Updated:

About Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd was an American singer-songwriter and actor. In 1983, she and her daughter Wynonna formed the duo known as the Judds, which became a very successful act in country music, winning five Grammy Awards and nine Country Music Association awards. The Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with hepatitis; while Wynonna continued to perform as a solo artist, she occasionally reunited with her mother for tours as The Judds. She died on April 30, 2022, the day before she was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Judd was born to Pauline Ruth "Polly" (née Oliver) and Charles Glen Judd on January 11, 1946 in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station. In 1965, her brother Brian died of leukemia at the age of 17. Naomi Judd's first child, Christina Claire Ciminella (later Wynonna Judd), was born when Judd was 18. After the birth of her daughter Ashley (in 1968), who later became a film and stage actor, and the end of her marriage to Michael Ciminella, Judd brought up both daughters as a single parent. On May 6, 1989, Judd married her second husband, Larry Strickland of the Palmetto State Quartet. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Sources

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    • Name: Diana E Judd; Spouse Name: Michael C Ciminella; Location: Los Angeles City; Date: Jun 1972.
  • Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Birth Index, 1911-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006.
    • Name: Diana E Judd; Date of Birth: 11 Jan 1946; Birth Place: Boyd, Kentucky, USA; Mother's Name: Pauline Oliver; Volume Number: 021; Certificate Number: 10092; Volume Year: 1946.
  • Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
    • Name: Diana Ellen Judd; Gender: Female; Race: White; Age: 17; Birth Date: abt 1947; Marriage Registration Place: Giles, Virginia, USA; Marriage Date: 3 Jan 1964; Marriage Place: Pearisburg, Virginia, USA; Father: Charles Glen Judd; Mother: Pauline Ruth Oliver; Spouse: Michael Charles Ciminella; Certificate Number: 1964001705.
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Naomi Judd's Timeline

1946
January 11, 1946
King's Daughters Hospital, Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky, United States
1964
May 30, 1964
King's Daughters Hospital, Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky, United States
1968
April 19, 1968
Granada Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
2022
April 30, 2022
Age 76
At home, Leipers Fork, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States
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