Beth Chapman Explained

Beth Chapman
Birth Name:Alice Elizabeth Smith
Birth Date:29 October 1967
Birth Place:Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Death Place:Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation:Bounty hunter, reality TV star
Years Active:2004–2019
Notable Works:
Spouse:
    Children:4

    Alice Elizabeth "Beth" Chapman (October 29, 1967 – June 26, 2019) was an American bounty hunter and reality star who co-starred with her husband, Duane "Dog" Chapman, on the reality television shows Dog the Bounty Hunter, , and Dog's Most Wanted.

    Personal life

    Chapman was born in Denver, Colorado, one of five children born to Garry Leon Smith (1937 – 2006) and Bonnie Joan Lawson (1940 – 2022).[1]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Beth Chapman, 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' star, has died . France . Lisa Respers . June 27, 2019 . . June 27, 2019.
    2. Web site: Dukes . Billy . 'Dog's Most Wanted' Is Closing in on Beth Chapman's Last Days . October 22, 2019 . 18 March 2023.
    3. Web site: Beth Chapman was reportedly filming show with husband 'Dog' days prior to her hospitalization . McCarthy . Tyler . June 27, 2019 . . en-US.
    4. Web site: 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Co-Star Beth Chapman Dies Of Cancer. 2021-05-11. Honolulu Civil Beat. June 26, 2019 . en.
    5. Web site: Dog the Bounty Hunter Star Beth Chapman Dies at 51: 'She Hiked the Stairway to Heaven'. 2021-05-11. People Magazine. en.
    6. Beth Chapman Will Be Remembered With 2 Memorial Services . June 27, 2019 . Us Weekly. Web site: Beth Chapman fans want ashes . July 19, 2019 . . BANG Showbiz.
    7. "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991",, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRD-WSPB : Sat Mar 09 23:53:39 UTC 2024), Entry for Garry Leon Smith and Bonnie Joan Lawson, 25 Feb 1957. She trained as both a gymnast and ice skater. For some time she was a nightclub stripper, waitress and clerk. Chapman spent the majority of her early life in Colorado before moving to Honolulu to be with her future husband Duane Chapman, whom she married in 2006. In a Mother's Day address delivered at a church in an episode of Dog's Most Wanted, she claimed to have been raised as a Mennonite.[1] Chapman was a Christian.[2]

      Career

      Chapman starred in reality television shows alongside her husband Duane Chapman, most notably Dog the Bounty Hunter which originally was released in late 2004 and lasted 8 seasons until 2012. Chapman's final series was Dog's Most Wanted which was being filmed in 2019; she died while the show was being produced. Dog's Most Wanted features Beth getting the news of her terminal cancer and her fight with it over time before her death. The final episode is dedicated to her memory.[3]

      Illness and death

      Beth Chapman was diagnosed with stage two throat cancer in September 2017, which initially went into remission; however, the disease later spread to her lungs. In early 2019, Chapman began filming their new show, Dog's Most Wanted, and on June 22, during production, she was hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, where she later died from complications from the illness on June 26.[4] [5] According to her death certificate, her ashes were scattered at sea. In the final episode of Dog's Most Wanted, this event was shown along with footage from her memorial services in Hawaii and Colorado.[6]

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