Alice Elizabeth Chapman (née Smith; October 29, 1967 – June 26, 2019) was an American

bounty hunter A bounty hunter is a private agent working for a bail bondsman who captures fugitives or criminals for a commission or bounty. The occupation, officially known as a bail enforcement agent or fugitive recovery agent, has traditionally operated ...

and reality star who co-starred with her husband, Duane "Dog" Chapman, on the

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shows ''

Dog the Bounty Hunter ''Dog the Bounty Hunter'' is an American reality television series which aired on A&E and chronicled Duane "Dog" Chapman's experiences as a bounty hunter. With a few exceptions, the series took place in Hawaii or Dog's home state of Colorado ...

'', '' Dog and Beth: On the Hunt'', and '' Dog's Most Wanted''.

Personal life

Chapman was born in

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, one of five children born to Garry Leon Smith (1937 – 2006) and Bonnie Joan Lawson (1940 – 2022). 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. 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

Duane Chapman Duane Chapman (born February 2, 1953), also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is an American television personality, bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman. Note: Some sources give the year as 1953, including Chapman came to international notic ...

, whom she married in 2006 after years of an on-again-off-again relationship. They had two children together, Bonnie Joanne Chapman (born December 16, 1998) and Garry Chapman (February 7, 2001). Chapman adopted Beth's daughter from her previous marriage, Cecily Barmore-Chapman (née Barmore; born June 19, 1993). Chapman was also able to help Beth locate and reconcile with her son Dominic Davis (born 1985), born when she was a teenager and subsequently placed for adoption. Chapman was a

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Career

Beth and Duane Chapman operated Da'Kine Bail Bonds together. Chapman starred in reality television shows alongside her husband Duane Chapman, most notably ''

'' 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.

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

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in Honolulu, where she later died from complications from the illness on June 26. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Beth 1967 births 2019 deaths Mass media people from Denver Mass media people from Honolulu Bounty hunters Participants in American reality television series Deaths from throat cancer in the United States Deaths from lung cancer in Hawaii