The man behind the movies like Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma and so many more, experienced a massive heart attack last night. He was in California for a two-show stand-up special, when he suddenly started to experience a number of odd symptoms that didn’t seem like they were going away.
“I felt kinda nauseous” Kevin Smith mentioned in a Instagram post. “Then I started sweating buckets and my chest felt heavy.”
He wound up canceling the second show in favor of going straight to the hospital, a decision that wound up saving his life. Now he claims he has faced one of his biggest fears, and it didn’t seem as bad as he thought it wound.
You can see the full Instagram post here:
Although we don’t normally cover such a story as this, it is a reminder of how quickly things can change in life. Either for yourself or the chance of possibly losing a great director (despite the recent messes that have come out the last 5 or so years).
