Overview
- The 59-year-old comedian was found unconscious on exterior stairs in Hollywood on December 9 in an apparent overdose, according to multiple reports.
- Bystanders called for naloxone and administered Narcan before Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics arrived; officials said the patient was treated at the scene and not taken to a hospital.
- Dick later told reporters he was alive and relieved to be okay and, when asked by TMZ, said he does not plan to enter rehabilitation.
- Some outlets, citing a TMZ-recorded exchange, report that he said he had smoked crack before the incident, a claim reported from recordings rather than official medical disclosures.
- Witness accounts described him as unresponsive and turning blue before reviving, video of the episode spread widely online, and no new official medical statement has been issued beyond LAFD’s confirmation.