Chevy Chase Was Put Into a Coma for 8 Days After Heart Failure and ‘Basically Came Back From the Dead’: ‘The Doctor Warned Us We Might Not Get Him Back’

Dec 26, 2025 11:30am PT Chevy Chase Was Put Into a Coma for 8 Days After Heart Failure and ‘Basically Came Back From the Dead’: ‘The Doctor Warned Us We Might Not Get Him Back’ By Ethan Shanfeld Plus Icon Ethan Shanfeld @ethanshanfeld Latest Chevy Chase Was Put Into a Coma for 8 Days After Heart Failure and ‘Basically Came Back From the Dead’: ‘The Doctor Warned Us We Might Not Get Him Back’ 2 hours ago Martin Scorsese Remembers Rob Reiner: ‘He Had a Beautiful Sense of Uninhibited Freedom’ 1 day ago Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn Unpack ‘Pluribus’ Finale Twists and Reveal Original Ending: ‘It Would Have Been Satisfying but Not as Satisfying’ 3 days ago See All Variety via A new documentary reveals that Chevy Chase was put into a coma for around eight days after he experienced heart failure during the pandemic. It was reported in 2021 that the now-82-year-old comedian spent five weeks in the hospital due to undisclosed heart issues. “[He] has basically come back from the dead.