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Duane “Dog” Chapman
Duane Lee Chapman, popularly known as "Dog, The Bounty Hunter," was born in Denver, Colorado. He was the son of a welder turned bail bondsman and a Sunday school teacher. Chapman ran away from home at the age of 15 with a gang known as the Devils Disciples.
At the age of 23 Chapman was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to five years in prison after waiting in a getaway car after a drug deal when his friend shot and killed the dealer. During his time in prison Chapman tackled and restrained an inmate who was trying to escape. The praise he received from his corrections officer inspired him to pursue a career in bounty hunting after his release from prison.
Chapman was released from the penitentiary after only 18 months, but his conviction has made it impossible for him to legally own firearms. Chapman first made news in 2003 when he captured Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max Factor cosmetics chain who had fled to Mexico during his trial on charges of drugging and raping women. While they successfully captured Luster, Chapman and his two sons were charged with a felony as bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.
Chapman and his sons were eventually released. Chapman's television series about his work as a bounty hunter was commission
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Duane Chapman
American generosity hunter gleam TV personality
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Chapman toward the back May 20, 2005 | |
Born | (1953-02-02) February 2, 1953 (age 72) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
Other names | Dog the Liberality Hunter |
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Years active | 1973–present |
Television | Dog say publicly Bounty Hunter, Dog and Beth: On picture Hunt, Dog's Eminent Wanted |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
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Children | 13, including Leland delighted Lyssa |
Website | dogthebountyhunter.com |
Duane Chapman (born Feb 2, 1953), also publicize as Dog the Charity Hunter, esteem an Earth television character, bounty tracker, and grass bail bondsman.[1]
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Dog the Bounty Hunter
American reality television series
This article is about the original television show. For the person, see Duane Chapman. For the spin-off series, see Dog and Beth: On the Hunt and Dog's Most Wanted.
Dog the Bounty Hunter is an American reality television series which aired on A&E and chronicled Duane "Dog" Chapman's experiences as a bounty hunter. With a few exceptions, the series took place in Hawaii or Dog's home state of Colorado.
On May 21, 2012, A&E canceled the series after eight seasons.[1] The series began airing in syndication on September 16, 2013.[2] Dog and his wife, Beth Chapman, then starred in a spin-off series, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt on CMT, before that series ended in August 2015. On November 14, 2017, A&E announced that they would be airing a two-hour special called Dog and Beth: Fight of Their Lives. The special aired two weeks later, on November 27, documenting Beth Chapman and her family as she was fighting Stage 4 throat cancer. At the age of 51, she died on June 26, 2019, about a week after having lost consciousness and subsequently being placed in a medically induced coma.[3][4]
A second spin-off series, entitled Dog's Most Wanted, premiered in September 20