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Loretta Lynn recovering at home

Miranda Lambert speaks after winning Female Vocalist of the Year Award alongside presenter Loretta Lynn during the 44th Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on November 10, 2010. UPI/Terry Wyatt
Miranda Lambert speaks after winning Female Vocalist of the Year Award alongside presenter Loretta Lynn during the 44th Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on November 10, 2010. UPI/Terry Wyatt | License Photo

HURRICANE MILLS, Tenn., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Country music singer Loretta Lynn was recovering at home Monday in Tennessee after being treated for pneumonia at a Bowling green, Ky., hospital.

A representative for Lynn said the 76-year-old country music star was taken to Kentucky Hospital Emergency Room early Saturday after she awoke about 1:30 a.m. on her tour bus complaining of difficulty breathing.

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She was admitted to the hospital and treated for the beginning stages of bacterial pneumonia.

"It was one scary night ... . But I am feeling better and just gonna take it easy for a couple of weeks," Lynn said in a statement on her Web site.

She is scheduled to perform Nov. 3 in Knoxville, Tenn.

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