Scott Adams, creator of the famous sitcom “Dilbert,” has died, according to an announcement posted on his social media pages.
Adams announced in May that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
“Dilbert,” a chronicle of the indignities of American white-collar work, was one of the country’s most popular comic strips from its huge success in the 1990s until February 2023, when Adams made racist comments against black Americans, calling them a “hate group” that white people should “stay the hell away from,” in response to a questionable poll about whether it was “okay to be white.” Hundreds of newspapers stopped publishing “Dilbert” within days, and its distributor quickly dropped the strip.
Adams began publishing the tape himself, a “spicy version” called “Dilbert Reborn,” on his website for a subscription fee. He said he stopped drawing “Dilbert” in November 2025 due to spasms and partial paralysis in his hands, although he continued to write strips.
Shelley Miles, Adams’ ex-wife, announced his death on Tuesday’s episode of the live show “Coffee with Scott Adams,” which he hosted daily until his death, with a written statement from Adams.
“I’ve lived an amazing life,” Scott Adams wrote in the statement he wrote on New Year’s Day. “I gave him everything I had. If you derive any benefits from my work, I ask that you pay him back as best you can. This is the legacy I want. Be useful, and please know that I loved you all to the end.”
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