Chevy Chase revealed a heart issue that left him hospitalized for five weeks in 2021, with family saying he «basically came back from the dead» before recovering at home.
Chevy Chase is opening up about a health scare that landed him in the hospital for five weeks.
In the upcoming documentary, «I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not», which will premiere Jan. 1 on CNN, the 82-year-old actor and his family discuss his stay in the hospital after a heart issue, with his daughter, Caley, saying, «[He] has basically come back from the dead», per Variety.
«Something was wrong, and he couldn’t explain to me what was wrong. So, we go to the ER. His heart stops», Chase’s wife, Jayni, said in the documentary. «During those years he was drinking, he got cardiomyopathy; when the heart muscles get weaker, and they can’t pump as much blood out with each beat.»
His longtime friend, Peter Aaron, also appeared in the documentary, revealing that, after his heart issue, doctors «decided to put him into a coma for maybe eight days.»
His daughter explained doctors then advised the family to «prepare yourselves for the worst», telling them, «We might not get him back», and, even if they did, «we don’t know how present he’ll be.
