“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams
Died at age 68
Revealed January 13, 2026 at 7:24am PST
Cartoonist Scott Adams has handed away after a battle with prostate most cancers.
Adams’ first ex-wife, Shelley, revealed the information throughout a “Actual Espresso with Scott Adams” livestream, studying Scott’s last message to his followers.
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Actual Espresso with Scott Adams
The letter, dated January 1, 2026, reveals that he’s nonetheless of sound thoughts and has transformed to Christianity due to the “risk-reward” calculation.
We broke off this story… Sherry instructed us simply yesterday that Scott was in hospice and receiving end-of-life care as his well being quickly deteriorated. Nurses had been coming out and in of the home whereas she, her daughter, and sister had been additionally being cared for.
Scott recorded a podcast episode during which he admitted that this could possibly be the final time in his life…which is much more heartbreaking contemplating his passing.
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Actual Espresso with Scott Adams
Adams introduced final 12 months that he had prostate most cancers that had unfold to his bones and left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Within the late Eighties, whereas working for Pacific Bell Phone Firm, Adams based the caricature “Dilbert” at United Media.
After “Dilbert” was featured in tons of of newspapers, he grew to become a full-time cartoonist…and at its peak, the strip ran in 2,000 copies.
In 2023, newspapers started working the cartoon after Adams suggested white individuals to “maintain the shit away” from black individuals in a controversial podcast episode. Scott claimed that his feedback about “wokeness” had been the rationale the cartoon was reduce.
Scott was 68 years outdated.
