Who is Dog the Bounty Hunter? Age, late wife and children
DOG The Bounty Hunter has ceretainly lived a colourful life.
Here we take you though Duane Chapman's story.
What is Dog the Bounty Hunter's background?
Duane “Dog” Chapman, 67, is an American bounty hunter and former bail bondsman - who is best known for his reality TV show Dog the Bounty Hunter.
He was born in February 1953 in Denver, Colorado, USA, and is the eldest of four children
In 1976 Duane was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to five years in a Texas prison.
He served 18 months. While he was in prison his first wife LaFonda Sue Honeycutt divorced him and married his best friend.
Duane and LaFonda have two children together.
His second wife was Anne Tegnell with whom he had three children, before wedding third wife Lyssa Rae Brittain, who also had three children.
He had no children with fourth wife Tawny Marie before marrying Beth.
Who was Dog's wife Beth Chapman? Did they have kids?
Dog met Alice Elizabeth “Beth” Barmore in 1986 when she was 19 and they married 20 years later in 2006.
They have two children together.
Duane and Beth rose to fame due to his TV show Dog the Bounty Hunter which started in 2004 and ran until 2012.
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How did Beth Chapman die?
Beth died in June 2019 after an 18-month battle with throat cancer.
Dog announced the news on Twitter, he said: "It’s 5:32 in Hawaii, this is the time she would wake up to go hike Koko Head mountain.
";Only today, she hiked the stairway to heaven. We all love you, Beth. See you on the other side."
Beth was diagnosed with stage two throat cancer in early 2017 and a special programme was made for A&E Network.
It focused around her battle called Dog and Beth: Fight of Their Lives which aired on November 27 in 2017.
It included the 13-hour surgery Beth underwent to remove a stage two tumour and the aftermath.