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.’
Adams had been updating fans on his cancer battle on his podcast, and earlier this month he told supporters he did not have long to live.
‘I talked to my radiologist yesterday, and it’s all bad news — the odds of me recovering are essentially zero,’ he said in the update.
‘I’ll give you any updates if that changes, but it won’t.’
Dilbert creator Scott Adams has passed away aged 68 following a battle with prostate cancer
In a heartbreaking final message to his fans, Adams said: ‘If you are reading this, things did not go well for me. I have a few things to say before I go. My body failed before my brain’
Adams said in his final letter that while he was an atheist, he ‘won’t need any more convincing’ if he ends up in heaven, and added: ‘I hope I qualify.’
Miles continued in her reading of his last message to fans: ‘With your permission, I’d like to explain my life.
‘For the first part of my life, I was focused on making myself a worthy husband and parent as a way to find meaning.
‘That worked, but marriages don’t always last forever.’
Adams first announced he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025, and admitted he had been quietly battling the disease for some time.
At the time, Adams told fans his prognosis was not good, saying: ‘If you’re wondering if I’ll get better, the answer is no, it will only get worse… There’s only one direction this goes.’