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Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' Creator, Dies at 68

His ex-wife announced the death following a public battle with metastatic prostate cancer.

Overview

  • Shelly Miles disclosed his death in a live appearance on his Real Coffee with Scott Adams podcast and in a video posted on X.
  • Adams had prostate cancer that spread to his bones, a decline that was reported to have left him paraplegic before his death.
  • A day earlier, his ex-wife said he was in palliative care and likely had only days to live, according to TMZ.
  • In 2023, more than a thousand newspapers dropped Dilbert after Adams made comments widely described as racist on his podcast.
  • Launched in 1989, the workplace satire became a global hit that at its peak ran in about 2,000 papers and spawned a two-season animated series.