Chevy Chase was put right into a coma by docs for greater than per 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 in depth interviews for CNN’s new documentary, “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” based on 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 flawed with him … which was when his coronary heart simply stopped.

Janyi tells CNN, “Throughout these years he was ingesting, he acquired cardiomyopathy; when the center muscle tissues get weaker, they usually can’t pump as a lot blood out with every beat.” Chase handled substance abuse points for years … going to rehab within the Nineteen Eighties for prescription capsules and once more in 2016 for alcohol abuse.

Docs determined to place Chevy right into a coma, his longtime buddy Peter Aaron says … with Chevy’s daughter Caley Chase including docs admitted they “won’t get him again” and warning the household to organize for the worst.

Chevy in the end survived … although he now suffers from reminiscence points — and, when confronted within the documentary together with his alleged habits on “Saturday Evening Stay” and “Group,” he says he cannot keep in mind a lot of it.