Chevy Chase was put right into a coma by docs for greater than every week after his coronary heart failed in 2021, family and friends of the star revealed in a brand new documentary.
The actor and his family members gave intensive interviews for CNN’s new documentary, “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” in accordance with Selection.
Chevy’s spouse, Jayni Chase, says within the new doc that she took her husband to the emergency room as a result of they did not know what was unsuitable with him … which was when his coronary heart simply stopped.
Janyi tells CNN, “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.” Chase handled substance abuse points for years … going to rehab within the Nineteen Eighties for prescription tablets and once more in 2016 for alcohol abuse.
Medical doctors determined to place Chevy right into a coma, his longtime buddy Peter Aaron says … with Chevy’s daughter Caley Chase including docs admitted they “might not get him back” and warning the household to arrange for the worst.
Chevy in the end survived … although he now suffers from reminiscence points — and, when confronted within the documentary along with his alleged conduct on “Saturday Night Live” and “Community,” he says he cannot bear in mind a lot of it.
“I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” premieres on January 1.
