‘He returned from the brink’: Chevy Chase spent eight days in a medically induced coma during Covid pandemic.

The famed comedian suffered a “potentially fatal” cardiac event that led to him being placed in an medically induced coma in 2021, according to a new film about the comedy star.

As documented in I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the star of movies such as Caddyshack and the National Lampoon series, who emceed the Oscars twice, was hospitalized for five full weeks in the hospital.

“He wasn't right, and he was unable to describe to me what was wrong. So, we go to the ER. His heart gave out. During those years he was drinking, he developed cardiomyopathy; which is when the heart muscles get weaker, and they are unable to pump as much blood out with each beat.”

Physicians subsequently induced him into a state of unconsciousness for over a week, before advising his daughter, Caley: “His return is uncertain. We don’t know how aware he’ll be. Prepare yourselves for the worst.”

“Upon waking, all he could do was use his voice,” she added. “He has essentially returned from the dead.”

The actor personally has said that he has suffered memory problems since his hospital stay, and in the project he fails to recall some of his past professional and personal controversies, including a fight with fellow comedian Bill Murray in a Saturday Night Live green room.

The comedian noted he was “upset” by his absence from the milestone special of SNL earlier this year, at which he was in the crowd but not on stage.

“Honestly, it was quite upsetting,” he said. “This is probably the first time I’m saying it. But I expected that I would’ve been on the stage too with all the other actors. When co-stars Garrett and Laraine were called up, I was wondering as to why I didn’t. There was no invitation. Why was I overlooked?”

Chase, 82, nearly lost his life in 1980 when he was subjected to an electrical shock on the set of Modern Problems, an accident which led to a period of severe depression.