Beth Chapmanmay be gone, but she will forever beDuane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman‘s valentine.
Three days before Valentine’s Day, Duane, 67, posted a touching tribute to Instagram in her honor.
“A lot of valentines days memories that will last forever,” he captioned the slideshow on Tuesday, including photos and videos of Beth throughout the years.
This Friday will mark the first Valentine’s Day that Duane celebrates without his late wife since their marriage in 2006.
The holiday comes nearly eight months after Beth, who wasdiagnosed with stage II throat cancerin September 2017,died on June 26 at the age of 51.
Duane announced her 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.”
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The family honored Beth at agathering with friends and fans at Fort DeRussy Beach in Waikiki, Hawaii, as well as at anemotional memorial serviceat the Heritage Christian Center in Aurora, Colorado.
In the wake of Beth’s passing, Dog has been spending time with longtime family friendMoon Angell, though they havedenied dating.
“I probably will do that, and I told her that,” Duane toldPEOPLE Nowin August of pursuing another relationship when the time is right. “What deal we said is I will never take ‘Beth’ off my chest, I have her name here. And I will never get married.”
“And she said to me, ‘We are human, okay?’ ” the reality star continued. “And probably the same thing I’d say to her: ‘I know you’re gonna have a boyfriend, I hope you have 10, but don’t go fricking marry one, and say those words. Don’t you dare do that.’ I would say that, and she did say that to me.”
Beth Chapman, Duane “Dog” Chapman.Beth Chapman/Instagram
Months later,he said that his outlook on physical intimacyhas changed in the wake of Beth’s passing — and that he’s nowhere close to wanting to date again.
“Sex is a thing like almost in the past right now,” he toldPEOPLE Nowin October. “I’m not having it and I don’t care. It’s weird.”
“Not that I have, but you know, it’s not worth it,” he explained. “I don’t want to tell the whole story about my mom, my dad and my life and all that stuff again to a new person. Not yet.”
source: people.com
