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==Early life==
Judd was born to Pauline Ruth "Polly" (née Oliver) and Charles Glen Judd on January 11, 1946, in [[Ashland, Kentucky]].<ref name="The Judds: A Biography by Bob Millard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ad-iz7se16kC&q=Charles+Glen+Judd&pg=PT4|title=The Judds: A Biography |first= Bob |last=Millard|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]|year=1988|isbn=978-0385244411}}</ref> Her father owned a gas station<ref name="The Judds: A Biography by Bob Millard" /> and her mother was a riverboat cook.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ashley-judd-claims-incest-abuse-memoir-trauma-judd/story?id=13268661 | title=Ashley Judd's Story of Abuse Echoes Family's Sad Narrative | website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] }}</ref> Her brother Brian died of [[leukemia]] in 1965 at the age of 17;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ghanafuo.com/brian-judd-cause-of-death-what-happened-to-naomi-judd-brother/|title=Brian Judd cause of death: What happened to Naomi Judd brother?|date=May 1, 2022|work=Ghanafuo}}</ref> Naomi Judd's first child, Christina Claire Ciminella (later [[Wynonna Judd]]), was born when Judd was 18.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/naomi-judd-children-all-family-country-music-legend-dies-76|title=Naomi Judd children: All about her family as country music legend dies at 76|date=May 1, 2022|work=SKPop}}</ref> Her first daughter was given the last name Ciminella after Michael Ciminella, the man who Judd quickly married after being abandoned by her boyfriend and Wynonna's biological father, Charles Jordan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ashley-judd-claims-incest-abuse-memoir-trauma-judd/story?id=13268661|title=Ashley Judd's Story of Abuse Echoes Family's Sad Narrative|first=Susan Donaldson|last=James|publisher=ABC News|date=April 1, 2011|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-date=April 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430215807/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ashley-judd-claims-incest-abuse-memoir-trauma-judd/story?id=13268661|url-status=live}}</ref> After the birth of her second daughter, [[Ashley Judd|Ashley]] (1968), who later became a film and stage actress, and the end of her marriage to Ciminella, Judd brought up both daughters as a single parent, first attending nursing school at California's [[College of Marin]] while living in nearby [[Lagunitas, California]],<ref name="SFC012198">{{cite news|first=Joel|last=Selvin |author-link= Joel Selvin|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Naomi-Judd-Attunes-Life-To-Healing-Mind-and-Body-3015380.php|title=Naomi Judd Attunes Life To Healing Mind and Body|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=January 21, 1998|access-date=January 20, 2013|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190721164021/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Naomi-Judd-Attunes-Life-To-Healing-Mind-and-Body-3015380.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and later beginning a successful singing career with daughter Wynonna.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.aarpmagazine.org/entertainment/naomi_judd.html|title=Saved by the Belle|last=Patoski|first=Joe Nick|date=May 2007|magazine=[[AARP the Magazine]]<!--cq cap T in The-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521023013/http://www.aarpmagazine.org/entertainment/naomi_judd.html|archive-date=May 21, 2007|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref> When she reverted to her maiden name following her divorce, she also took the opportunity to change her name, Diana, which she did not think fit "her own spiritual, rural Kentucky conception of her true heritage", and decided to pay homage to the Biblical figure [[Naomi (biblical figure)|Naomi]], finding resonance in her story of moving to another land and eventually being left without a husband raising two women.<ref name="The Judds: A Biography by Bob Millard"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/naomi-judd-real-name-why-she-changed-name/|title=The Beautiful Reason Naomi Judd Ditched Her Birth Name to Become Naomi Judd|first=Carena|last=Liptak|date=May 4, 2022|website=Taste of Country|access-date=July 5, 2023}}</ref>
==Career==
===The Judds===
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With her daughter [[Wynonna Judd]], Naomi formed the successful country-music duo known as [[the Judds]] throughout the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dowling |first=Marcus K. |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Naomi Judd, Grammy-winning matriarch of The Judds duo, dies at 76: 'We are shattered' |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/30/naomi-judd-dies-76/9601534002/ |work=USA Today Entertainment}}</ref> They had twenty top ten country hits, released six albums and
[[File:Wynonna rocks Alaska 080627-F-3108S-022.jpg|thumb|Wynonna and Naomi Judd sing together on base to the military and Alaska crowd at the "Alaska's Operational Gratitude" concert on June 27, 2008]]
===Breakup and solo work===
The Judds broke up soon after Naomi Judd was diagnosed with [[hepatitis C]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hines |first=Ree |date=May 2, 2022 |title=What is hepatitis C, the almost-fatal infection that Naomi Judd survived in the '90s? |url=https://www.today.com/health/health/hepatitis-c-liver-condition-naomi-judd-survived-rcna26876 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=today.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The band's farewell concert was the most successful musical event in cable [[pay-per-view]] history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/country-legend-naomi-judd-dead-at-age-76-211909698.html|title=Country legend Naomi Judd, of the Judds, dead at age 76|date=April 30, 2022|work=[[Yahoo!]]|author=Lyndsey Parker}}</ref> Judd created the Naomi Judd Education and Research Fund in 1991 to raise awareness of hepatitis C, and used the strength of her experiences as a spokes-model for the [[American Liver Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Jon |date=2022-04-30 |title=Naomi Judd, of Hit Country Duo the Judds, Dead at 76 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/naomi-judd-dies-obituary-1345555/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
She received the Golden Plate Award from the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Salemy |first=Shirley |date= June 27, 1993 |title= 1993 Salute to Excellence, Stars of today and tomorrow meet in Glacier |url= https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Great-Falls-Tribune-June-27-1993.pdf |work= Great Falls Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Warren |first=Ellen |date= June 14, 2004 |title= A meeting of the minds, Hollywood A-listers, Nobel Prize winners, Mayor Daley and myriad other geniuses rub elbows at International Achievement Summit |url= https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Chicago-Tribune-June-14-2004.pdf |work= Chicago Tribune}}</ref> In 1998, she achieved virologic cure of hepatitis C following treatment with [[interferon alpha]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anstett|first1=Patricia|last2=Ridder|first2=Knight|title=Naomi Judd Bounces Back from Hepatitis C Diagnosis: 'I'm Cured'|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-07-06-9807070078-story.html|date=6 July 1998|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Straube|first=Trent|title=Remembering Naomi Judd as a Powerful Voice for Hepatitis Advocacy|website=hep|url=https://www.hepmag.com/article/remembering-naomi-judd-powerful-voice-hepatitis-advocacy|date=5 May 2022|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> The Judds reunited for a 1999 New Year's Eve concert in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] at the [[America West Arena]], with Ashley as the MC.<ref name="Deadline" /> This continued with the "Power to Change" tour throughout 2000,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judds reuniting for tour, new record after 8 years |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/01/01/judds-reuniting-for-tour-new-record-after-8-years/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> while the Phoenix concert was released as ''[[The Judds Reunion Live
From 2003 to 2004, Judd featured as a judge on the ''[[Star Search]]'' show hosted by [[Arsenio Hall]].<ref name="Deadline" /> Judd began ''Naomi's New Morning'', a Sunday morning talk show on the [[Hallmark Channel]], in 2005. The show lasted two seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naomijudd.com/Pages/itinerary.html |title=naomijudd.com |access-date=March 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217034321/http://naomijudd.com/Pages/itinerary.html |archive-date=February 17, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was also the author of several self-help books, including ''Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers'' (2007).<ref name="AgeGratefully">{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Caitlin A. |date=January 10, 2007 |title=Naomi Judd Says 'Age Gratefully' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/10/earlyshow/leisure/books/main2345917.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207103947/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/10/earlyshow/leisure/books/main2345917.shtml |archive-date=February 7, 2007 |access-date=August 2, 2013 |work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>
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