Beth Chapman Has Died Aged 51 | 22 Words

It has sadly been announced that Beth Chapman has passed away at the age of fifty-one.

Beth, who was most well known for her marriage to Dog the Bounty Hunter, has been battling throat and lung cancer since been diagnosed in September 2017. Despite being informed in the past that she was cancer-free, the illness came back and subjected her to an operation and numerous rounds of brutal treatment.

Beth was surrounded by her family and friends until the very end of this heartbreaking turn of events.

Read on to learn about the wonderful life that Beth lead, and how she and her family coped with the recent struggles of battling her illness.

Alice Elizabeth "Beth" Barmore was born in Colorado, 1967.

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 Alice, who liked to be known as Beth, became Colorado's youngest bail bondsman at the age of twenty-nine before she met Duane Chapman, also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Beth spent her childhood in Colorado before moving to Hawaii.

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 She moved to Hawaii in 1989 and had an array of careers before settling on television. In the past, Beth worked as a gymnast, a waitress, and a nightclub singer before becoming a bounty hunter and bail bondsman.

Beth first met Dog in 1986.

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 She was only nineteen years old and Dog was already married, but this didn't stop the pair from striking up an on-off relationship. They went their separate ways when Beth married her first husband, Keith Barmore, although the marriage ended in divorce.

They reunited in 1995.

With the pair both being divorced, they began seeing each other again in 1995 and were eventually married in 2006. The couple had two children together, Bonnie and Garry, and Beth had a daughter, Cecily, from her first marriage.

Dog the Bounty Hunter.

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 The TV show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, is based on the life and experiences of Duane, who bounty hunts for a living. The pair partnered up to work together shortly after rekindling their relationship, and Beth began starring alongside him as his show grew in popularity. They also created a spin-off show: Dog & Beth: On The Hunt.

They put in some pretty hard work.

Beth and Dog were said to have tracked down over 6,000 criminals and made over $4 million in bonds that they've won as a consequence of catching them.

The couple well and truly made a name for themselves.

Beth and Dog very quickly became recognized as the brash and outrageously hilarious couple that they have been till the very end. Their constant bickering and disagreeing on the show was entertainment gold, and a lot of married couples felt like they could relate to the relationship that they shared.

Beth announced some tragic news in September 2017.

She had been diagnosed with stage 2 throat cancer. Despite being told that she was free of the disease only 3 months later, the cancer returned in 2018. This lead to Beth having to endure an emergency operation to remove a mass on her throat.

The heartbreaking realization...

Despite the operation being a success in removing the mass from Beth's throat, it was discovered that the cancer had spread to both her throat and her lungs and that it was, unfortunately, incurable.

Beth wanted to "spend her last days on the hunt."

Somehow, the family managed to come to terms with this tragedy, and Beth wanted nothing more than to spend her last days doing what she did best on America's Most Wanted. According to Metro, speaking to The Daily Mail in March, Dog said, "My baby has cancer and she is fighting like hell. I've cried a lot over this because is my everything."

Beth was put into a medically induced coma.

After resting at home in recovery from further treatment, Beth was taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Hawaii after having difficulty breathing. According to reports, she began fighting against the help of doctors and it was understood that she was attempting to remove the tubes that were in place to feed her medication and fluids.

She "wasn't reacting well" when she arrived at the ER.

Beth had to be given oxygen in order to breathe when she arrived at the ER. According to TMZ, medics first put her under mild sedation but she quickly fell into a full medically-induced coma.

Praying for a miracle...

Despite the tragic news that the cancer was incurable, Beth and her family refused to give up hope. A worldwide surge of support was sent their way and Dog begged his followers via Twitter to keep praying for Beth's recovery.

Her family was with her the entire time.

On June 25th, Dog tweeted this photograph of Beth's hand saying, "You know she is all about her nails!" This brought on a huge surge of love and admiration, alongside Dog and Beth's fanbase sending their thoughts and prayers.

She passed away today at home in Hawaii at 5am.

Dog broke the devastating news via Twitter, announcing the passing of his wife.

"She hiked the stairway to heaven"...

Dog's emotional announcement has already captured the hearts of the world, with millions of messages of condolence and support being sent to the family. According to Metro, the family sends out their sincere thanks to everyone for their prayers throughout Beth's battle with cancer.

We send nothing but our love and prayers to Beth's family during this difficult time.

Duane and his family will need the privacy and peace they deserve to grieve the loss of Beth, and this must be respected.