R.I.P. – Dilbert Creator and Early Trump Supporter Scott Adams Passes Away at 68
“Born in Windham, New York in 1957, Adams started drawing comics at age 6, citing the ‘Peanuts’ comics as an early inspiration.”
Scott Adams, the creator of the ‘Dilbert’ comic, one of the most iconic in recent decades, has passed away from cancer at the age of 68.
In addition to his cartooning, Adams was known for being a hypnotist, an expert in persuasion, a podcaster, and one of the earliest high-profile supporters of President Trump when he first ran for office in 2016.
Adams embraced Christianity before dying.
The Daily Mail reports:
Dilbert creator Scott Adams dies of cancer aged just 68 and sends heartbreaking message from beyond the grave
Dilbert creator Scott Adams has passed away aged 68 following a battle with prostate cancer.
The famed cartoonist and podcaster had been placed in hospice care last week, and his ex-wife Shelly Miles broke the news of his passing on his popular podcast, ‘Real Coffee With Scott Adams’ on Tuesday.
Miles said Adams was ‘no longer with us’, and broke down in tears as she read a final message Adams wrote before he passed away.
‘If you are reading this, things did not go well for me,’ Miles read.
‘I have a few things to say before I go. My body failed before my brain, I am of sound mind as I write this January 1, 2026.
‘If you wonder about any of my choices for my estate or anything else please know I’m free of any inappropriate influence of any sort, I promise.’
‘Next, many of my Christian friends have asked me to find Jesus before I go,’ Miles continued. ‘I am not a believer, but I have to admit the risk reward calculation for doing so looks so attractive to me.
‘So, here I go. I accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior, and look forward to spending an eternity with him. The part about me not being a believer should be quickly resolved if I wake up in heaven.’
Variety offers details about Adams’ background:
Born in Windham, New York in 1957, Adams started drawing comics at age 6, citing the “Peanuts” comics as an early inspiration. Adams graduated with a BA in economics from Hartwick College in 1979, moving to California that same year to begin his career. From 1979 through 1986, Adams held various office jobs at Crocker National Banker, including computer programmer, budget analyst and teller.
In 1986, Adams earned an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and began working at Pacific Bell, during which time he created the “Dilbert” comic, whose title was suggested by Adams’ former boss. Adams launched the comic with United Media while at Pacific Bell, and would go on to draw inspiration from his Pacific Bell coworkers for a number of “Dilbert” characters.
By 1994, “Dilbert” was syndicated in more than 400 newspapers, and in 1995 Adams left Pacific Bell to become a full-time cartoonist, and in 1996 he published his first book, “The Dilbert Principle.” In 1997, Adams was awarded the National Cartoonists Society‘s Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist and Best Newspaper Comic Strip.
Adams probably reached almost as many people with his ‘Coffee With Scott Adams’ podcast as he did with his Dilbert comics. Greg Gutfeld of FOX News was one of his biggest fans.
Rest in glorious peace, @ScottAdamsSays – you changed more lives and made the world infinitely better. God bless you and thank you for everything you did for me. We will always love you.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) January 13, 2026
I’m including this tweet for the great picture.
Scott Adams has passed away following a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 68 years old. pic.twitter.com/wHWqyzspg2
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 13, 2026
Adams was a unique figure who made impactful contributions to American culture right up to the end of his life. He will be missed.
A Final Message From Scott Adams pic.twitter.com/QKX6b0MFZA
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) January 13, 2026
Rest in peace, sir.
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God bless him. I still have the Dilbert Principle.
One of the lines that stuck with me was how he explained how brains work. When you make a decision, you do it subconsciously, and then your conscious brain makes justifications for that decision after the fact. He discovered that when he learned hypnotism.
He said you can hypnotize someone, and suggest to them to do something out of character for them. Once they do it and you ask them why they did it they “Will use logic more tortured than Luciano Pavarotti at a Tiny Tim concert to explain it.”
A genuinely good American. Rest in peace….you have earned it. As for the living, I can’t help but notice that so many conservative voices have either passed away, killed and had a serious health setback….as if a Democrat ( evil…but that is redundant) angel of death has and continues to pass over.
He had a way of seeing the absurdity in life and made people laugh at things that could easily have made them cry.
gonna miss DogBert, one of my favorite characters.
And Catbert, the evil HR director.
his truth crippled lefty
rest in peace
He took fenbendazole, probably very late in the game.
Thank you for all the wisdom and laughs
RIP SIR
Does t work for everyone unfortunately, seems works better with tumors but even then, something else seems involved
Everyone can relate to the humor of Dilbert …except maybe the HR Karens and idiot bosses. RIP Mr Adams and thank you for making the insanity of modern life more tolerable with your witty insights and humor.
He nailed the modern work place like nobody else. Between him and Mike Judge’s Office Space, the legacy will live on!
I had mine out in my early 50’s, 2010. Probably would be about where he is now, plus the excruciating pain. I heard it’s awful. Frank Zappa also, way too young.
Scott Adams was an amazing, talented genius who lived an extraordinary life. I will miss having coffee with him greatly. RIP
The NBC News site made sure to emphasize his “racist” remarks that caused newspapers to drop his strip.
Dilbert was right.
God Speed Mr. Adams.
We have certainly lost a valuable voice in the fight for sanity (MOSTLY! 😜).
Thank you Scott, for all you did to open my eyes and help me understand how to read the world. You will remain an inspiration always.
Also, a special thanks to those who stepped in recently and carried the last few podcasts, not for us, but for Scott. That was a truly noble deed and I’m confident was greatly appreciated by Scott, as well as by us. Thank you again.
I really enjoyed the Dilbert cartoons.
I wish he truly would have understood what Jesus Christ did, that he chose to be crucified rather than live without His followers after this life. Instead someone must have convinced him to do a “repeat after me” while still not believing. So sad.
So many people miss out on what God wants to share with us.
I wonder if most religions would bless that when the person says ‘I don’t actually believe.’
I once did a “repeat after me” commitment to Jesus. It was one of my steps toward true belief. God can use anything – including our foolish mistakes. He is the redeemer.
I don’t have a problem with repeating a statement like, “I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and I accept Him as my Lord and Savior.” I think that is Biblical.
But my point is, how can that statement mean anything when a person does not actually believe the statement?
I would guess that when you did a “repeat after me” statement, that you weren’t lying, but was telling the truth.
Way back when I was in the middle of an IT career, Scott’s Dilbert cartoons made me think he must have been looking over my shoulder at work.
More recently, I have been listening to his podcasts every day for several years. He has talked me off several ledges.
He was a stedfast, brave soldier to the end. I will miss him. I have been praying for his salvation for years.
“Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Lots of dads thought that he worked at their tech company. Mine was on the wrong coast but was trying to guess who it was.