People – Wynonna Judd accepted country music’s highest honor for The Judds on Sunday night just a day after the shocking death of her mother and singing partner, Naomi Judd.
On Saturday, Wynonna, 57, and her actress sister, Ashley Judd, 54, shared the news that they had lost their “beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness.” And though they described themselves as “shattered” by the death, hours later, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced that Wynonna still planned to attend the event — a decision that seemed in keeping with the steely, strong-willed personality that her fans have come to know over her decades-long career.
