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Shelly Adams, the former spouse of Scott Adams, disclosed his passing during a livestream event.
WASHINGTON — Scott Adams, renowned for creating the “Dilbert” comic strip, has passed away at the age of 68 after battling metastatic prostate cancer.
The announcement of Adams’ death came from members of The Scott Adams School, previously known as “Coffee With Scott Adams,” during a livestream session on Tuesday morning.
In May of last year, Adams publicly shared his diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer, the same type that had affected former President Joe Biden.
Two years prior, the “Dilbert” comic strip was dropped by numerous newspapers following controversial remarks made by Adams regarding race.
“I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has,” Scott Adams said during a May 2025 episode of his YouTube show. “So, I also have prostate cancer that has also spread to my bones.”
During Tuesday’s show, Adams’ first ex-wife, Shelly, announced his death.
“Unfortunately, this isn’t good news. Of course, he waited until just before the show started, but he’s not with us right anymore,” Shelly said.
She also shared a “final message he wanted to say.”
“If you are reading this. Things did not go well for me. I have a few things to say before I go. My body fell before my brain,” Shelly shared from Adams’ message dated from Jan. 1, 2026, which added that he accepted Jesus Christ before his death.
“If I got any benefits from my work, I’m asking that you pay it forward as best as you can. That’s the legacy I want. Be useful and please know I loved you all to the very end,” Shelly added.
Dilbert the comic strip first appeared in 1989, poking fun at office culture. It ran for decades in numerous newspapers but disappeared with lightning speed in 2023 following racist remarks by Adams.
On his YouTube show at the time, among other things, he described Black people as a “hate group” and said he would no longer “help Black Americans.”
He later said he was being hyperbolic, yet continued to defend his stance.
Various media publishers across the United States denounced the comments as racist, hateful and discriminatory while saying they would no longer provide a platform for his work.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
