RIP Scott Adams

[Bob Juch]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/13/ ... 68-cancer/

By Brian Niemietz | bniemietz@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News and Jessica Schaldebeck
PUBLISHED: January 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM EST | UPDATED: January 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM EST
“Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams is dead at 68.

The satirist from Windham died following a long battle with prostate cancer, according to his ex-wife, Shelly Miles. She announced the news on Tuesday during a live stream on his YouTube channel, Coffee with Scott Adams, reading a statement Adams prepared prior to his death .

“I had an amazing life,” the statement said in part. “I gave it everything I had.”

The comic artist frequently gave fans updates about his condition, which had spread to his bones, after announcing in May that he expected “to be checkin’ out from this domain sometime this summer.”

Adams outlived that prognosis with support from admirers including members of the Trump Administration, whom he reached out to in November hoping for expedited treatment options.

[elwoodblues]

At one time Dilbert was my favorite comic strip. I thought it was on-the-nose satire of the business world. But after I learned more about Scott Adams I wondered if he really thought that way or if he was making fun of the people who did.

[Bob Juch]

At one time Dilbert was my favorite comic strip. I thought it was on-the-nose satire of the business world. But after I learned more about Scott Adams I wondered if he really thought that way or if he was making fun of the people who did.

I read the interviews with him when he started. He based Dilbert on his career at AT&T.