Naomi died by suicide in 2022, on the day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

[10] 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, finding resonance in her story of moving to another land and eventually being left without a husband raising two women.

[20][21] The Judds reunited for a 1999 New Year's Eve concert in Phoenix at the America West Arena, with Ashley as the MC.

[13] This continued with the "Power to Change" tour throughout 2000,[22] while the Phoenix concert was released as The Judds Reunion Live.

[25] 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).

[28] She competed with her husband, Larry Strickland, in the first season of the Fox Broadcasting reality cooking series My Kitchen Rules in 2017.

[31] She executive produced the 1995 made-for-television film Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge based on her book.

In 1993, Judd played the female lead opposite Kenny Rogers in the made-for-television Western Rio Diablo.

Judd starred alongside Laura Prepon in the 2011 Lifetime television movie The Killing Game.

On April 11, 2022, Naomi Judd reunited with her daughter Wynonna at the 2022 CMT Music Awards to perform their 1990 single "Love Can Build a Bridge".

19 days later, on April 30, 2022, Naomi was found unresponsive from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to her head at her home in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee.

"[45] Ashley Judd revealed the cause of her mother's death in a May 12, 2022, interview with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America.

It featured appearances from Ashley Judd, Larry Strickland, Bono, Bette Midler, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Reese Witherspoon, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey and Salma Hayek, plus performances by Wynonna, Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Emmylou Harris and Allison Russell, Little Big Town, Brandi Carlile, and Jamey Johnson.