Overview
- Adams died at home in Pleasanton, California, while in palliative care after prostate cancer had spread to his bones.
- In a letter dated January 1 and read on air, he wrote that he had “an amazing life” and urged followers to “be useful,” with outlets reporting he also affirmed Christian faith.
- At its peak, Dilbert ran in roughly 2,000 newspapers across dozens of countries and earned Adams the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award.
- His mainstream presence unraveled in 2023 after racist comments led major newspapers to drop Dilbert and syndicator Andrews McMeel Universal and publishers to sever ties.
- In late 2025 he publicly criticized Kaiser Permanente for delays in scheduling Pluvicto therapy and asked President Donald Trump to help, drawing a Truth Social reply of “I’m on it.”