"Despite the deep grief my family and I feel today we want to celebrate an amazing woman and a life well-lived. Let me reassure all those rooting for us, Melanie fought like a warrior queen," he added.
"My family, our doctors, our nurses and especially Melanie fought until the end and did all we could do to avoid today, but that is not our path. "Over the past few months things have been progressively getting worse and we're thankful that we made it to this point through the holidays and tried to make every moment count." "If you've been following our journey I'm sure you were, like us, hopeful she could defeat this insidious disease," he wrote. 12 - noting that his "sweet, amazing, beautiful wife" tragically died nine days before their 16th anniversary. Ham's husband shared the news on her social media account on Jan. YouTuber Ham has died after a battle with cancer. "I mean, it's a very strange dynamic to be this broken and this blessed." "I'm gonna make this fast because my heart's broken - and I feel so blessed," Wynonna told the 800 people gathered in Nashville's CMA Theater for the Country Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony. No additional information will be released at this time."Ī day after their mother's death, Ashley and Wynonna tearfully accepted their mother's honor of being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The statement, which Ashley also posted to her Instagram, did not elaborate further or include an exact cause of death.Īn additional statement from Naomi's husband of 32 years, Larry Strickland, reads: "Naomi Judd's family request privacy during this heartbreaking time. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public," the statement read. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. Naomi's daughters, Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd, announced their mother's death in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. And if you want to eat, drink and be Mary, these Nashville essentials should do the trick.The country icon, who was part of the famous mother-daughter duo The Judds, died on May 30 after suffering from mental illness. There’s also a sold out Drag Brunch this weekend at CBD, coffee, and cocktail hang Anzie Blue - stay tuned for future related brunches in the area.Įven if you don’t deeply understand how Dolly transcends all musical genres, know that at the core of this celebration is the acceptance of all humans. Tickets are priced at $65 per person and include entrance, prix-fixe family-style menu, and one mimosa. The Bobby Hotelįor the month of June only, Bobby Hotel celebrates Nashville Pride with Sunday Drag Brunch on The Rooftop Lounge at Bobby Hotel complete with family-style food and a show by local drag performers, as well as special surprise headliners each show, including some big names from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Located in Printer’s Alley, Dragville Brunch Party features local food, drink specials, drag bingo, performances, and karaoke with the Queen. The BYOB wheels go round and round on The Big Drag Bus departing Church Street for a 90-minute excursion around town filled with performances, laughs, games, and a chance to get to know someone maybe you wouldn’t have otherwise. See how drag has evolved into the art form it is today over brunch on Second Avenue’s Illusions: The Drag Queen Show.
On the drag front, Nashville celebrates its talented queens at some of the hottest shows in town. You can support Nashville’s local LGBTQ+ community by giving business to any one of the numerous queer-owned businesses in the city, and by visiting its queer bars, spaces, and drag venues. ( Here is a complete listing of the festivities.) But you don’t have to wait until September to join in a hearty “y’all means all” rally cry. The month of June marks an International Pride Month, but because Nashville is just now waking up from its COVID-19 slumber, the Nashville Pride Festival and Parade is actually slated for September 18-19, 2021 at Bicentennial Capitol Mall and Park.