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

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

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

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shows '' Dog the Bounty Hunter'', '' 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 L. Smith, a Brach's Candies salesman. 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

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, whom she married in 2006. In a mothers day address delivered at a church in an episode of Dogs Most Wanted, she claimed to have been raised as a Mennonite. Chapman was a

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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.

Illness and death

Beth Chapman was diagnosed with stage two

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in September 2017, and 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 People from Denver People from Honolulu Bounty hunters Participants in American reality television series Deaths from throat cancer Deaths from lung cancer Deaths from cancer in Hawaii