Shortly before he was due to embark on a six-concert tour of the Soviet Union, Judd left his parents' Brondesbury Park home in north-west London after Sunday lunch on 16 December 1979, telling them he was going for a walk. A week later, on 23 December, his body was found washed up on the beach at the foot of Beachy Head.The Day 28 December 1979, New london, Connecticut, USA. There was a one-way train ticket in his pocket, which was seen as evidence he had not intended returning."Remembering Terence: tragedy of a prodigy", Classic fm, February 2009 At the coroner's inquest, his general practitioner testified that he had treated Judd for depression in February 1979. Earlier in his life, Judd had suffered a nervous breakdown and spent several months at a clinic in north London, where he received ECT. The coroner delivered an open verdict,The Glasgow Herald, 25 January 1980 but it is generally accepted that Judd took his own life.
