Chevy Chase 'has basically come back from the dead' after 2021 heart scare and hospitalization

Chevy Chase is opening up about a health scare that landed him in the hospital for five weeks.

In the upcoming documentary, "I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not," which will premiere Jan. 1 on CNN, the 82-year-old actor and his family discuss his stay in the hospital after a heart issue, with his daughter, Caley, saying, "[He] has basically come back from the dead," per Variety.

"Something was wrong, and he couldn’t explain to me what was wrong. So, we go to the ER. His heart stops," Chase’s wife, Jayni, said in the documentary.