The cartoonist, who launched “Dilbert” in 1989, also penned novellas and nonfiction.

Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, dies at 68

The cartoonist, who launched "Dilbert" in 1989, also penned novellas and nonfiction.

By Wesley Stenzel

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January 13, 2026 11:14 a.m. ET

Scott Adams in Pleasanton, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2014. Credit:

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Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created *Dilbert*, has died. He was 68.

The humorist, who satirized office culture in his long-running comic strip, died Jan. 13 following a battle with prostate cancer. His ex-wife, Shelly Miles, announced the news on Tuesday morning in a livestream on the cartoonist's web show *Real Coffee With Scott Adams*.

Scott Adams in Pleasanton, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2014.

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Adams, who also wrote novellas and nonfiction, announced his diagnosis in May. In November, he posted a public plea to President Trump asking for access to Pluvicto, a drug that he claimed his insurance provider "dropped the ball in scheduling." Following communications from Donald Trump Jr. and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the president said he was "On it!" on social media, and the next day, the cartoonist said that he had scheduled a Pluvicto treatment.

However, in December, Adams said that the Pluvicto treatment would be postponed because he needed radiation treatment. "I don't know if I will ever get the Pluvicto or not," he said in a livestream. "If I don't, I will be unhappy." He said that he was paralyzed from the waist down later in December.

Born in 1957 in Windham, N.Y., Adams studied economics at Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y. After working various office jobs, Adams created *Dilbert* in 1989, satirizing white collar work in what became one of the defining comic strips of the 1990s. The strip launched a short-lived animated series, a computer game, and dozens of compilation books.

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