‘He has come back from the dead’: Chevy Chase was in eight days in a coma during Covid pandemic.

The famed comedian suffered a “near fatal” cardiac event that led to him being put into an induced coma amid the global health crisis, as revealed in a new documentary project about the comedy star.

Featured in I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the legend of movies such as Caddyshack and the National Lampoon series, who emceed the Oscars twice, remained in care for five weeks in the hospital.

“He wasn't right, and he couldn’t explain to me what was wrong. So, we headed to the ER. His heart stops. 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.”

Medical professionals then put him into a coma for eight days, before warning his child, Caley: “We might not get him back. We are unsure how cognizant he’ll be. Get ready for the worst.”

“When he woke up, all he could do was use his vocal cords,” she continued. “He has basically returned from the dead.”

The actor personally has stated that he has experienced cognitive issues since his hospital stay, and in the project he cannot remember some of his past professional and personal disputes, including a fistfight with Bill Murray in a Saturday Night Live green room.

The comedian noted he was “upset” by his omission from the 50th anniversary special of SNL this year, at which he was in the audience but not participating.

“Honestly, it was quite upsetting,” he said. “I'm only now voicing this. But I thought that I could have been on the stage too with all the other actors. When former castmates Garrett and Laraine Newman were called up, I was puzzled as to why I was not. There was no invitation. Why was I left aside?”

Chase, 82, nearly lost his life in 1980 when he was electrocuted on the set of Modern Problems, an incident which led to a period of severe depression.