Chevy Chase Spent 8 Days in a Coma After Heart Failure, Is Now ‘Back From the Dead’

Frightening new details about Chevy Chase’s 2021 health scare are emerging. In a new documentary, the comedian’s family members say he spent eight days in a coma following heart failure.

Jayni Chase, Chevy’s wife, says in the doc I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not — airing on CNN on Thursday, January 1, 2026, at 8/7c — that Chevy went to the hospital after sensing was something wrong, per Entertainment Weekly. But when the National Lampoon’s Vacation star got to the emergency room, his heart stopped.