Naomi Judd was born “Diana Judd” not long after World War II ended. Her dad ran a gas station in Ashland, Kentucky,
By the time she was in her mid 30s, Judd was a divorced single mom with two daughters, struggling to keep a household going.
That’s when she and her older daughter discovered that they liked to sing and harmonize with each other. And they got pretty good at it.
Before long, they came to the attention of the right people, and in 1983, they formed The Judds.
And for the next eight years, they’ve dominated country music, with a string of #1 hits.
But a 1991, a diagnosis of hepatitis-C forced Naomi to break up the act.
In 1993 she wrote a memoir named after one of their hit songs: Love Can Build a Bridge. And that’s when I met her.
So here now, from 1993, Naomi Judd:
The Judds reunited in 1999 for a New Years Eve concert, and toured the next year. Since then Naomi has done many TV appearances. She is 75 now.
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