Duane ‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’ is mourning the loss of his wife, Beth Chapman, after she succumbed to her battle with throat cancer yesterday morning.
He has recently revealed what her final moments were like, and what her last words were before passing.
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Yesterday morning, Beth Chapman, 51, was placed in a medically induced coma due to her ongoing battle with throat cancer.
Beth and Duane were stars of the hit reality series Dog The Bounty Hunter , which documented their family’s bounty-hunting business.
Duane tweeted the news of his wife’s passing.
“It’s 5:32 in Hawaii, this is the time she would wake up to go hike Koko Head mountain,” he wrote .
“Only today, she hiked the stairway to heaven. We all love you, Beth. See you on the other side.”
In September 2017, Beth confirmed on social media that she had been diagnosed with Stage two throat cancer.
They later revealed on the A&E special, “Dog & Beth: Fight of Their Lives,” that Beth was cancer-free.
Unfortunately, her cancer returned last year — as updated on social media .
Duane told Us Weekly in December that Beth was exploring alternative forms of treatment and was committed to regaining her health.
“I’m a fighter, I’m a strong fighter — big-time survivor — and I’m gonna fight this as vigorously as it’s fighting me,” she said .
Following Beth’s untimely demise, Duane spoke to Hawaii News Now.
“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,'” he said .
He then revealed what Beth’s parting words were.
“And then she told the girls and everybody, with her mouth — she came out of it a couple times,” he said .
“’I love you’ and ‘Are you guys all okay? Don’t worry’, but she never accepted it. So amazing, this is totally unbelievable.”
“One of the last things she said [was],” he went on.
“’It’s a test of my faith.’ She had faith and that was it.”
“There’s things you go through when you’re dying, like, steps,” he explained .
“Like, you do when you lose someone, right? You get mad at them, and then you go through all these steps.”
He explained that Beth wasn’t very accepting of the final step: Acceptance.
“Well, the last step when you’re dying is to accept it. And she said to me the other day, ‘Honey, that last step, I ain’t taking…’ So go Bethy.”
Duane also joked that Beth was still running his life from heaven.
“Beth was somewhat of a control person — not from the grave but from heaven,” he said.
“I’m sure she’s still controlling me and I’ve got notes in my pillowcases, on my sink, in my shaving thing. She’s still telling me what to wear.”
“She did it her way,” he continued.
“There’s some things that they predicted that the doctors ended up saying, ‘We’ve never, ever, seen anything like this.’ Her way was to live.”
“She wanted to live so bad and she fought so long.”
“And the reason she fought, she liked life but she wanted to show people how to beat it and what to do when it got her,” he said .
“It came very unexpected, really fast.”
“All of her clothes were exactly where they were, her makeup, everything. We didn’t prepare,” he explained, recalling the initial shock.
“It’s just incredible when you walk alone in the bedroom and you’re there and she was there two days ago.”
He also revealed that he is turning to religion to help him cope during his grieving process.
We’re sending all of our positive thoughts and condolences to their family at this time.
