Naomi Judd Died By Suicide After Years Of Struggling With Mental Illness: Report

Naomi Judd, one-half of the iconic country music duo The Judds, died by suicide, according to a report.

Naomi's daughters, Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd, said they lost their mom to "the disease of mental illness" in a statement released Saturday.

On Monday, multiple unnamed sources told People that the 76-year-old country music legend took her own life Saturday following a longtime battle with mental illness. No further details were provided.

A rep for Naomi has not commented on the report, according to the outlet.

In addition to the late singer's daughters, Naomi's husband of 32 years, Larry Strickland, released a statement of his own, saying, "Naomi Judd's family request privacy during this heartbreaking time. No additional information will be released at this time."

Naomi had been open about her mental health struggles. She admitted in previous interviews that she battled "life-threatening" depression.

A longtime advocate for mental wellness, she previously wrote an open letter for Mental Health Awareness Week in 2018.

"For everyone mourning the death of someone who committed suicide, an inevitable question arises: Why did this happen? Unfortunately, we don't have very good answers," wrote the musician at the time in the letter published by People. "We do know that suicidal behavior accompanies many behavioral brain disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. Suicide is actually one of the leading causes of preventable death among these mental illnesses."

In her letter, Naomi wrote about the need to "bring the study of suicide into mainstream neuroscience and treat the condition like every other brain disorder."

"People who [take their own lives] are experiencing problems with mood, impulse control and aggression, all of which involve discrete circuits in the brain that regulate these aspects of human experience, but we still don't understand how these circuits go haywire in the brains of suicide victims," she added.

The country singer also opened up about her mental health struggles in her 2016 book, "River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope." She revealed in her tome that she suffered from suicidal depression.

"Nobody can understand it unless you've been there," Naomi told People at the time.

She said the condition felt like a combination of all the worst things one can possibly experience, such as the loss of a loved one, betrayal, the loss of a job and the discovery that one's child is suffering from a rare disease, among others.

"Take all of those at once and put them together and that's what depression feels like," she explained.

In an interview with "Today" in 2017, Naomi admitted that when The Judds stopped touring in 2011, she didn't get off the couch for two years and fell into an "extreme" and "severe" depression. She said she even considered taking her own life at a bridge.

Naomi's daughters got emotional as they inducted their late mother into the Country Music Hall of Fame Sunday, Page Six reported.

Wynonna and Ashley appeared on stage at the awards show in Nashville as The Judds — Naomi and Wynonna's mom-and-daughter music duo — had been honored with a spot on the list.

"My mama loved you so much, and I'm sorry that she couldn't hang on until today," Ashley told the audience.

She continued, "Your esteem for her and your regard for her really penetrated her heart, and it was your affection for her that did keep her going in the last years."

If you have thoughts of suicide, confidential help is available for free at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Call 1-800-273-8255. The line is available 24 hours, every day.