‘He has come back from the dead’: Chevy Chase was in eight days in a coma during Covid pandemic.

The famed comedian endured a “life-threatening” cardiac event that resulted in him being put into an induced coma in 2021, according to a new documentary project about the American actor and comedian.

As documented in I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the legend of films such as Caddyshack and the National Lampoon series, who hosted the Oscars on two occasions, was hospitalized for five full weeks in the hospital.

“Something was wrong, and he couldn’t explain to me what was wrong. So, we went to the ER. His heart gave out. During those years he was drinking, he got cardiomyopathy; which is when the heart muscles get weaker, and they can’t pump as much blood through the body with each beat.”

Doctors then placed him into a coma for over a week, before cautioning his daughter, Caley: “We might not get him back. We are unsure how cognizant he’ll be. Get ready for the worst.”

“When he woke up, all he could do was use his vocal cords,” she added. “He has practically come back from the dead.”

He himself has stated that he has dealt with cognitive issues since his medical ordeal, and in the film he does not recollect some of his past on-set and backstage controversies, including a physical altercation with fellow comedian Bill Murray in a Saturday Night Live green room.

Chase said he was “hurt” by his absence from the milestone special of SNL earlier this year, at which he was in the audience but not participating.

“Honestly, it was quite upsetting,” he said. “This is probably the first time I’m saying it. But I assumed that I should have been on the stage too with all the other actors. When former castmates Garrett Morris and Laraine Newman were called up, I was curious as to why I was not. There was no invitation. Why was I overlooked?”

Now 82, Chase, nearly lost his life in 1980 when he was shocked by electricity on the set of Modern Problems, an incident which triggered a period of severe depression.