Loretta Lynn waves after performing the song ''Miss being Mrs.'' at the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada
Loretta Lynn waves after performing the song ''Miss Being Mrs.'' at the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on May 26, 2004. Reuters

Country-music singer Loretta Lynn, who grew up poor in Kentucky's coal-mining region before rising to fame, has canceled two performances after being diagnosed with pneumonia, a statement on her Web site said Saturday.

Loretta regretfully must cancel her shows ... for this weekend, due to illness, the statement said of the 76-year-old music icon.

The Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Ky., said on its Web site the singer had been hospitalized, and that her performance would be rescheduled. A representative of Lynn was not immediately available for comment.

Doctors have diagnosed her as the beginning stages pneumonia, and [she] will continue to need rest. Loretta is doing well and is disappointed but feels confident she will be ready for upcoming November dates, the statement on the singer's Web site said.

Lynn had been due to perform on Saturday in Ashland, followed by a performance on Sunday in Durham, N.C. She has upcoming performances scheduled next month in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and North Carolina.

Lynn, who performs hits including If You're Not Gone Too Long and Don't Come Home A Drinkin', has released 70 albums and charted 16 No. 1 hits in a career spanning five decades.

She has won two Grammys and written several books, including Coal Miner's Daughter, which was made into a movie that earned Sissy Spacek an Oscar for her portrayal of the singer.

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