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To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of Lita’s illness have been greatly exaggerated.

This weekend, reports emerged that ECW alum Amy Dumas, best known as WWE diva Lita, had missed a Pittsburgh show with her band, The Luchagors, after being admitted to the hospital. Later reports cited laryngitis as the reason for her hospitalization.

Now for the big shocker: the wrestling news Web sites got it wrong! Take a moment to digest my sarcasm there.

Anyway, turns out Amy Dumas missed that show with The Luchagors because she simply lost her voice. Here’s the real scoop, straight from Amy via a Luchagors MySpace bulletin:

Whoa!, What a way to wake up! I got tons of calls and texts this morning hoping I got out of the hospital soon. What? I’m not in the hospital! I lost my voice. That’s it. Our booking agent called the club to cancel the Imperial,PA show because I couldn’t talk over a whisper, but that’s it. No fever. No laryngitis. I don’t know where anything else came from. We have a day off today so I am going to continue to rest up and get ready to rock out in West Virginia tomorrow. I am on everything holistic and over the counter you can think of, so I am hoping to be at least 80% by tomorrow. I appreciate everyone writing in to check up on me, and as far as all the phone calls- I will return those when I get my voice back. It’s pretty annoying not being able to talk, by the way. I am going crazy!!! All that aside, we are all still having a great time on tour. We all had a blast with the guys from Ashers in New Hampshire and Mass, but I’m going to go ahead and say it was those bastards that got me sick!!! ha, ha- See you guys somewhere out on the road real soon!!

The Luchagors have a bunch of shows coming up this month, starting with a performance at the Monkey Bar in Huntington, West Virginia tomorrow. Keep an eye on their MySpace profile for updates on tour dates.