Dog the Bounty Hunter places some of his late wife Beth’s ashes with her mother who died in November: ‘I hope Beth can now rest in peace’
Dog the Bounty Hunter helped fulfill one of his mother-in-law’s last wishes.
The 69-year-old reality star, who is dealing with some legal issues of his own, made sure that some of his late wife Beth Chapman’s ashes were buried along with hers.
TMZ reports that one of Bonnie Joan Johannsen’s wishes was to be buried with her daughter and when she died in November at the age of 82, Dog, birth name Duane Chapman, gave some of Beth’s ashes to her sister, Melinda, who placed them with Bonnie.
Wish fulfilled: Dog the Bounty Hunter, 69, placed some of his wife Beth’s ashes alongside those of her late mother, Bonnie Jean Johannsen, who died in November at 82 and whose last wish was to be buried with her daughter (pictured in Waikiki, Hello in September 2015)
The mother and daughter had a sometimes rocky relationship, but they patched things up before Beth died after a long battle with cancer in 2019.
The outlet is also reporting that parts of Beth’s ashes have been scattered in places that were important to her during her life.
“Now I understand what it really means to rest in peace,” the Dog and Beth: On the Hunt star explained. “I hope Beth can now rest in peace.”
RIP: Beth Chapman died after a long battle with cancer in 2019. Portions of her ashes have been placed in places important to her throughout her life. “I hope Beth can now rest in peace,” Dog told TMZ (pictured in Waikiki, HI in November 2017).
Mourning: Dog is still mourning the sudden death of his Dog’s Most Wanted co-star David Robinson, who died in November. An autopsy showed the cause to be critical coronary artery disease in November, according to his widow, Brooke.
Dog, is still mourning the sudden death of fellow Dog’s Most Wanted, David Robinson, who collapsed during a Zoom call in November at age 50.
The autopsy revealed that he died of critical coronary artery disease, according to his widow, Brooke.
Dog and David searched for fugitives on the reality show for one season in 2019.
New Book: According to Dog’s website, the reality star is releasing a new book later this year (pictured in New York in April 2017)
As for the future, Dog’s official website indicated that he will release a new book, his third, later this year.
The ex-offender’s first book, You Can Run But You Can’t Hide, debuted at number one on the New York Times Best Seller List in 2007. The author released a second volume, Where Mercy Is Shown, Mercy Is Given, in 2010.
Dog remarried in 2021 and now lives with his wife, Francie Frane, in Colorado, where they run Light Up the Darkness ministry, which provides services to victims of sex trafficking, including housing, counseling and job training.
New Purpose: Dog remarried in 2021 and now lives with his wife, Francie Frane, in Colorado, where they run Light Up the Darkness ministry, which provides services to victims of sex trafficking, including housing, counseling, and job training .