When The New York Occasions spoke with Duane Chapman, aka Canine the Bounty Hunter, in 2020, he stated that on the time, he had been answerable for 10,000 fugitives captured. In 2007, he stated that his 27-year profession had seen him internet 6,000 fugitives (through ABC), and for anybody who’s counting that alone means he says that he apprehended somebody about day-after-day and a half. Tense? Little question, and in line with what Dr. Mehmet Oz stated on the time, his was a way of life that was simply courting hazard — particularly with the added lack of his spouse, Beth.
Not lengthy after her dying, he was identified with a pulmonary embolism. That, says the Mayo Clinic, is a doubtlessly life-threatening situation the place blood clots get caught within the arteries of the lungs. Chapman blamed testosterone dietary supplements, however different causes embody long-haul journey, smoking, weight problems, and prolonged durations of inactivity, equivalent to throughout restoration from surgical procedure. Oz was so involved about his well being that he had flown out to have a heart-to-heart with him, telling the Occasions, “Does Canine wish to dwell or not? Canine informed me a dream the place Beth stated, ‘Huge Daddy what took you so lengthy?’ Possibly she’s ready, what am I residing for?”
The end result was one thing of a compromise: Chapman paid extra consideration to his weight loss plan and reduce to smoking two packs a day. Makes an attempt at getting him to put on sunscreen and skip tanning periods had been a fail, although.