US EditionScott Adams, ‘Dilbert’ Creator and Conservative Commentator, Dies at 68
- At his Northern California home, Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, died Jan. 13 after receiving hospice care, his ex-wife Shelly Miles announced on a YouTube livestream Tuesday morning.
- Adams disclosed in May 2025 that metastatic prostate cancer had spread to his bones, causing leg numbness, breathing issues, and a radiologist said his recovery odds were essentially zero.
- At its peak, the Dilbert ran in approximately 2,000 newspapers across 57 countries and 19 languages, with more than 20 million calendars and books in print and Scott Adams winning the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award .
- In February 2023, Adams' remarks were widely interpreted as racist, prompting hundreds of newspapers including major papers and his syndicator and publisher to cut ties, but he later relaunched Dilbert on subscription site Locals and drew tens of thousands on weekday livestreams.
- Earlier this month, Scott Adams livestreamed daily and shared a final health update on Real Coffee with Scott Adams, filming what could be his last episode.
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Scott Adams was 68 years old and died of prostate cancer. US President Donald Trump paid tribute to a "great influencer".
The American comic artist and author Scott Adams is dead.
Scott Adams, Dilbert creator who went from cubicle wars to culture wars, posts open letter to time with his death at 68
"If you are reading this, things did not go well for me," Adams' X account said on Jan. 13. The cartoonist had documented his illness for many months.
Scott Adams, whose comic strip ‘Dilbert’ ridiculed white-collar office life, dies at 68
Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip "Dilbert" captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died. He was 68.
His character was an office slave, as he himself had been a corporate slave for 16 years, then a middle manager. Then he revealed what he thought about black people and it was all over. At his peak, Dilbert's workplace adventures were published in 2,000 newspapers at once.
Scott Adams’ Racist Remarks Resurface After His Death
Photo Credit: Kat Wade/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams died in hospice of metastatic prostate cancer on January 13, 2026. He was 68 years old. Scott Adams’ final years have been marred by controversy, with the Dilbert comic strip being dropped by multiple major US newspapers following racist remarks made by the satirist. Although Scott continued to draw Dilbert cartoons for subscribers online, the artist c…
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