Beth Chapman was secretly working on new TV show with husband Dog the Bounty Hunter in days before she died
TRAGIC Beth Chapman was secretly working on a new television show with Dog the Bounty Hunter just before she died.
Beth was filming “Dog’s Most Wanted” with her husband “almost to her last day”, according to reports.
The new programme had been shooting for several months and they were close to finishing last weekend, production sources told TMZ.
But filming was halted when Beth, who’d been battling cancer for 18 months, suffered a choking emergency on Saturday.
The 51-year-old passed away at a Hawaii hospital yesterday as Dog held her hand and softly repeated “in Jesus’ name”.
She had been due to shoot for the series’ final episodes, the entertainment news site reports.
The new show features both the family’s bounty hunting business and also shed light on Beth’s cancer battle.
It’s understood it will be Dog’s decision on whether there’s enough footage to end the series.
News of the show-in-progress comes as Dog revealed his final heartbreaking moments with Beth.
Dog, real name Duane Chapman, 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.”
Just hours after breaking the tragic news of Beth’s death on Twitter, he was seen outside the family home in Honolulu.
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Wearing a denim shirt and shades, he was then seen walking with loved ones past Beth’s Mercedes, which has been adorned with floral tributes.
Beth had undergone a number of hospital admissions in recent months, and earlier this week was placed in a medically induced coma.
She was first diagnosed with stage two throat cancer in November 2017 and later developed stage-four lung cancer.
Duane 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.
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.
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The show ended in 2012 after eight seasons and was replaced in 2013 by Dog and Beth: On The Hunt, a spin-off series starring both Duane and Beth.
The couple tied the knot in 2006 and became great-grandparents earlier this year.
She was last seen in public celebrating Palm Sunday over the Easter Weekend in April, and shared a smiling photo of herself dolled up for the occasion on Instagram.
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