‘He was brought back from the edge’: Chevy Chase was in eight days in a medically induced coma during Covid pandemic.

The famed comedian experienced a “near fatal” heart failure that caused him being put into an medically induced coma in 2021, according to a new film about the American actor and comedian.

The film, titled I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the legend of movies such as Caddyshack and the National Lampoon series, who emceed the Oscars twice, spent a total of five weeks in the medical facility.

“He wasn't right, and he was unable to describe to me what was wrong. So, we go to the ER. His heart stops. During those years he was drinking, he got cardiomyopathy; 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 coma for more than a week, before cautioning his child, Caley: “We might not get him back. We are unsure how cognizant he’ll be. Get ready for the worst.”

“Upon waking, all he could do was use his vocal cords,” she continued. “He has essentially been resurrected.”

The actor personally has stated that he has suffered memory problems since his hospital stay, and in the project he does not recollect some of his past on-set and backstage controversies, including a physical altercation with Bill Murray in a Saturday Night Live green room.

The comedian noted he was “upset” by his exclusion from the 50th anniversary special of SNL earlier this year, at which he was in the audience but not featured.

“Well, it was kind of upsetting actually,” he said. “I haven't spoken about this until now. But I assumed that I would’ve been on the stage too with all the other actors. When co-stars Garrett and Laraine Newman went on the stage, I was puzzled as to why I didn’t. No one asked me to. Why was I overlooked?”

Chase, 82, almost died in 1980 when he was shocked by electricity on the set of Modern Problems, an accident which led to a period of severe depression.