Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Dies at 68

Scott Adams, the creator of the long-running comic strip Dilbert, died Tuesday at age 68 after a prolonged battle with metastatic prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.

Adams, who announced his stage 4 diagnosis in May 2025, received end-of-life care at his home in Northern California in his final days. His first ex-wife, Shelly Miles, shared details of his passing during a live stream on his podcast, "Real Coffee with Scott Adams." She read a final message from Adams, dated January 1, 2026, in which he expressed clarity of mind and discussed his decision to convert to Christianity based on a personal risk-reward assessment. Miles, along with her sister and Adams's stepdaughter Savannah, provided around-the-clock care alongside visiting nurses as his health declined rapidly. Adams had entered hospice earlier in January, experiencing paralysis below the waist due to a spinal tumor and complications including heart failure that affected his breathing.

In a poignant January 1 podcast episode, which Adams acknowledged might be his last, he delivered a stark health update. "I talked to my radiologist yesterday, and it's all bad news," he said. "The odds of me recovering are...