Wynnona Judd 'upset' as mom Naomi Judd CUT Ashley Judd and her from $25M will: 'I contributed to her success'
Grammy-winning country vocalist Naomi Judd died at 76 on Saturday, April 30, after a long battle with mental illness. She died just a day before she was to be honored at the Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame. Both of her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, paid homage to their mother and remembered her. Judd formed the 'The Judd' along with her daughter Wynonna and they were a Grammy-winning duo.
However, new reports claim that Naomi gave total control of her fortune and estate, which is believed to be $25 million dollars, to her widower husband, Larry Strickland, before she took her life. Wynonna Judd, 58, and Ashley Judd, 54, were excluded from their mother's legacy. The documents read, "I nominate and appoint my spouse, Larry Strickland, as Executor of my estate."
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Judd's daughter, Wynonna Judd, is "upset" with this decision because she "believes she was a major force behind her mother’s success,” reported Radar Online. So far, neither Wynonna nor Ashley has come forward to clear the air. However, the documents which were reviewed by Page Six also reveal that Naomi had a backup executor if her husband Strickland could not be the one due to any circumstance. Naomi had chosen her brother-in-law, Reginald Strickland, and Daniel Kris Wiatr, the president of Wiatr & Associates, to be the co-executor of her will. The documents read, "In the event my spouse ceases or fails to serve, then I nominate and appoint my brother-in-law, Reginald Strickland, and Daniel Kris Wiatr as Co-Executors. I direct that no bond shall be required of my Executor."
She made her will in 2017, i.e., five years before her death. The documents further claim that at the time of signing the will she was of "sound mind and disposing memory." The Judd sisters had their individual homes on the 1,000-acre farm in the greater Nashville area. It's unclear whether their properties are considered part of Judd's estate. Both the sisters have paid tribute to their dead mother and have given no indication of an altercation.