Overview
- Shelly Miles announced his death during a live broadcast of his show and read his prewritten final message to viewers.
- Adams had entered home hospice last week after a rapid decline from metastatic prostate cancer that he disclosed in May 2025.
- In a Jan. 1 update, he said the odds of recovery were essentially zero and described paralysis below the waist and heart complications.
- He publicly sought access to the FDA‑approved drug Pluvicto in November 2025; President Trump responded to his appeal and later offered condolences.
- Adams launched Dilbert in 1989 and saw the strip dropped by many newspapers in 2023 after racially charged remarks, later continuing it via Dilbert Reborn.