Dog the Bounty Hunter Remembers Late Wife Beth Chapman on What Would Have Been Her 52nd Birthday

Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapmanis paying tribute to his late wifeBeth Chapmanon what would have been her 52nd birthday.

The second image was re-posted from Beth’s account, which showed a photo of the couple embracing as he leaned in to kiss her cheek.Captioning the sweet shot, Beth wrote, “Sooooo in love with this guy !”

Beth, who wasdiagnosed with stage II throat cancerin September 2017, died on June 26 at the age of 51.

Duane announced the news 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.”

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.

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Though it’s been four months since Beth died, losing the love of his life hasn’t gotten any easier for Duane.

“When your spouse dies, as a man, I mean as me, so generally probably everybody, you’re released from that obligation of being married,” the bounty hunter and reality star toldPEOPLE Nowearlier this week. “So your mind and you go crazy.”

“And then after a while, you realize that never will no one ever love me as much as she did. And I will probably never love anyone else as much as I loved her,” said Duane, who washospitalized for chest pains in Septemberand later diagnosed with apulmonary embolism.

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Duane also admitted that his outlook on physical intimacy has 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 Now. “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.”

In another interview withPEOPLE Nowin August, Duane said while he’s open to love again, he will never re-marry.

“What deal we said is I will never take ‘Beth’ off my chest, I have her name here. And I will never get married,” he said. “And she said to me, ‘We are human, okay?’ 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.”

source: people.com