US EditionScott Adams, ‘Dilbert’ Creator and Conservative Commentator, Dies at 68
Scott Adams died at 68 after metastatic prostate cancer spread to his bones and spine, with his ex-wife announcing his death during a live stream.
- 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.
419 Articles
419 Articles
Who Was Scott Adams? What to Know About ‘Dilbert’ Creator After His Death
Dilbert creator Scott Adams’ ex-wife Shelly Miles shocked fans tuning in to his web show “Real Coffee With Scott Adams” on January 13, 2026, by announcing the cartoonist’s death. A tearful Shelly broke the news to viewers that Scott was “not with us anymore” before reading a statement that the author penned before his death from prostate cancer. “If you are reading this, things did not go well for me,” Scott wrote. “I have a few things to say be…
Coleman Hughes: Scott Adams Made Me a Better Thinker
I first heard of Scott Adams in July 2017, just after he’d been dubbed America’s “smartest Trump supporter.” The accolade had been bestowed upon him by the audience of author Sam Harris’s podcast, then titled Waking Up; Adams, best known as the creator of the brilliantly funny Dilbert comics, had appeared on the show to argue that the mainstream media had been taking Donald Trump literally and as a result, misunderstanding him.At a time when Ame…
Scott Adams, whose popular Dilbert comics had persifled the absurdities of working culture in large companies and had also appeared in German newspapers, had ... The post Dilbert-Cartoonist Scott Adams died at the age of 68 years appeared first on Apollo News.
The cartoonist with minimalist aesthetics on the world of work, who had been a prodigious success, died on 13 January, at the age of 68. Much of the American newspapers had ended their collaboration with him after the racist statements he had made in 2023.
Cartoonist Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip Dilbert satirized the absurdities of modern office culture, has died. In 2023, a large number of American newspapers stopped publishing Dilbert because of his racist statements. Adams was 68 years old.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
