Dog the Bounty Hunter’s wife Beth Chapman ‘literally choked on her cancer’ before she fell into a coma and died at 51, daughter reveals
DOG The Bounty Hunter's wife Beth Chapman is said to have "literally choked on her cancer" before falling into a coma, her daughter has revealed.
Beth, 51, lost her 18-month battle with throat cancer on June 26.
Bonnie, 20, the youngest child in the family, said her dad Dog, real name Duane Chapman, is still reeling from her death.
She said he still "goes over and over and over what happened because he can't get it out of his head".
Beth was diagnosed with stage 2 throat cancer in November 2017.
Despite having a successful surgery, doctors told her the cancer had returned and she started chemotherapy in December last year.
Speaking to , Bonnie shared painful details of the last time they saw her completely conscious.
She said: "She quite literally choked on her cancer. My mom was naked in the bathroom and told my dad to look at her.
"And he goes, ‘I am looking at you.’ And she goes, ‘No, look at me.’
"And then she was standing there and she started gasping, and my sister came into the room and they called 911 immediately."
Beth had undergone a number of hospital admissions in the lead up to June, before she was placed in a medically induced coma.
After she was admitted into Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, Beth would utter a few words to her loved ones in the following few days before she died.
Dog and Beth's success
Duane Chapman shot to fame in 2004 with Dog The Bounty Hunter, a reality series chronicling his experiences locating and arresting people who had breached their bail agreements.
The show was an instant hit, with viewers drawn in by Chapman's street smarts, his team, and his attempts to rehabilitate and counsel the people he was able to track down.
The series was cancelled after eight seasons in May 2012 by television network A&E, but it began airing on syndication in September 2013.
Dog and Beth then starred in a spin-off series called ‘Dog and Beth: On the Hunt’ on CMT, which ran for two years.
In November 2017, A&E announced plans of a special called ‘Dog and Beth: Fight of their Lives’, which was broadcast two weeks later.
The two-hour special documented Beth and her family as she was fighting stage 4 throat cancer.
It included the 13-hour surgery Beth underwent to remove a stage two tumour and the aftermath.
Beth had been filming a second spin-off, ‘Dog’s Most Wanted’ just days before her death.
Dog reportedly has a net worth of $6million (£4.7m).
His income comes mainly from his bounty hunting and bail bonds business and TV shows.
Next month, her family's new reality TV series, Dogs's Most Wanted, will be aired, and it will show private footage of Beth's final moments.
Bonnie admitted they're all just "trying to keep it together" even though the private scenes are "very vulnerable", "having the whole world have eyes on you in an intimate way".
Announcing Beth's Death outside the family home, Dog shared one of Beth's last requests.
He said: "When she had an attack I didn’t know anything to do but to say 'in Jesus' name' and hold her and when I said 'in Jesus' name' she said, 'Say it again, say it more'.
"And then she, you know, she told the girls and everybody with her mouth and stuff she said I love you guys, are you guys all okay? But she never accepted it."
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In the wake of Beth's death, Bonnie was forced to speak out to defend Beth after trolls sent a barrage of abuse on social media.
The 20-year-old said: "For those talking s*** about my mother after her death, shame on you.
"My mother was a person and doesn’t deserve to be degraded because of ANY of her or my father’s past.
"My mother fought for women’s rights and was the kindest woman.”
Bonnie also led tributes in a series of tweets - starting off by writing: “Love you forever mom. You’ve got a halo now.”
She continued: “I’ll never forget you, mama. You were such a strong woman, and you taught me to always be strong. You were strong for everyone, and you taught me it’s okay to let go.
“I’d never thought I’d lose my mom at 20. I told her I thought she had a couple years left, but in her eyes she disagreed.”
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