Bonnie Chapman is mourning thedeath of her mother Beth Chapman.
TheDog the Bounty Hunterstar, who wasdiagnosed with stage II throat cancerin September 2017, died early Wednesday morning at age 51.
“Love you forever mom. You’ve got a halo now,” Bonnie, 20, tweeted after her father,Duane “Dog” Chapman, announced Beth’s death.
“I’ll never forget you, mama. You were such a strong woman, and you taught me to always be strong,” she continued. “You were strong for everyone, and you taught me it’s okay to let go.”
Beth Chapman/Facebook
Bonnie alsoclapped backat Twitter trolls who were speaking negatively about the late star.
“For those talking s— about my mother after her death, shame on you. My mother was a person and doesn’t deserve to be degraded because of ANY of her or my father’s past,” she wrote. “My mother fought for women’s rights and was the kindest woman.”
The couple’s daughter also shared a sweet photo of her parents, and noted about her mother, “So thankful I got your beautiful smile.”
She added in a follow-up tweet, “I’d never thought I’d lose my mom at 20. I told her I thought she had a couple years left, but in her eyes she disagreed.”
One day prior, Bonnie shared a photo of her hand holding onto her mother’s hand as Beth rested in a hospital bed. “Love you,” she captioned the emotional image.
On Wednesday, Dog, 66, confirmed his wife’s death in a heartbreaking tweet.
“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.”
News of her death comes after Dog revealed that Beth was admitted to Hawaii’s Queen’s Medical Center on June 22. According toHawaii News Now, she wasplaced in a medically-induced coma. In a statement to the outlet, her husband said both he and his family “humbly ask everyone to please pray for Beth.”
“It’s quite serious,” the family rep told PEOPLE at the time.
Beth Chapman/Instagram
Beth and Dog starred in the hit A&E reality seriesDog the Bounty Hunterfor eight seasons until 2012. The couple was in the process of filming a new reality series for WGN America set to premiere in October,Dog’s Most Wanted, at the time of Beth’s passing.
source: people.com
