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The popular television personality’s wife has died following a battle with throat cancer. She was 51.

Duane ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Chapman confirmed his wife’s death tweeting, “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.”

The story of her passing came out not long after news broke that Beth Chapman was placed in a medically induced coma over the weekend at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.

Beth Chapman was a woman of strong faith. She turned to God for strength during her battle with cancer.

“Beth is one of the strongest people I’ve ever known, and if anyone can beat this, it’s her,” the family’s agent said in a statement. “No matter what happens, she and the family have placed all their hope, faith and trust in God. Other than that, I’d ask that all of her and Duane’s fans keep Beth and the entire family in their prayers.”

When she was alive, she was known for sharing wisdom about how she stayed strong. She was not shy about sharing her strong Christian faith.

For her fans, she wasn’t afraid to talk about survival and was a big source of inspiration.

Just two weeks ago, Beth responding to one of her fans that reached out for guidance on social media.

“How do you stay so positive?” a fan named Melissa asked her on Twitter in response to Beth’s cheerful attitude when facing her battle with cancer. “I have MS and Health Anxiety and it eats me up daily!”

Beth gave a response only a warrior would!

“…I rebuke that, I ask god to bind that spirit and keep those thoughts from my head I’m no different I have good days and bad.”

Beth’s journey with cancer began in September 2017 when the couple shared publically that she was diagnosed with stage 2 throat cancer.

Her emotional battle was documented in an emotional two-hour A&E special titled Dog & Beth: Fight of Their Lives.

After a 13-hour surgery, doctors removed a tumor the size of a plum as well as her lymph nodes. At the time, she was declared cancer-free.

Beth had remained cancer free but learned in November 2018 that her cancer had returned.

She was strong all the way until the end.

“We cannot let this experience tear us apart,” she shared with her family on camera. “We need this to bring us together. If this is the worst of it, then all it can be is better.”

The family of faith is asking for prayers at this time.

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