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Scott Adams (June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026), the American cartoonist best known for creating the satirical comic strip "Dilbert," died on January 13, 2026, at the age of 68. His death followed a battle with metastatic prostate cancer, which he had first announced in May 2025.

He recently said that January would be a transition, one way or another.

After he was diagnosed, he said that antiandrogens relieved the pain a lot, but he was using a walker. Later he was paralyzed from the waist down as the cancer had spread to his spine.

He will be missed.

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Not by me.

I watched a few of his podcasts, didn't care for them, and blocked the channel so it wouldn't get recommended on YouTube.

I have gotten great pleasure from his Dilbert comics and books. This is the Scott Adams I remember and the one I will miss.

His passing was announced by his ex-wife on his podcast this morning. She said she talked to him yesterday, and he said he knew it was coming.

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13 hours ago, SayAgain said:

Not by me.

Me neither

When I was still working I used to love Dilbert and looked forward to each days. It was funny because it was such a portrayal of the typical bloated management of the large corporations I was associated with and I would include my five years in the FAA. The pointed headed boss who was little more than a BS artist, the bloated management being carried by the real workers. Guys like Wally who just walked around with a cup of coffee in his hand, a genius at dodging anything resembling useful work. I think her name was Alice, the hard worker who got dumped with any job nobody else wanted to do, always stressed and irate. Then there was Dilbert, the conscientious guy who wanted to do a good job if he could just figure out what it was from the mindless confusion handed down from above. I used to wonder if every company had the same play book as Dilbert and mine. The “Peter Principle “ is a real thing and Dilbert expounded it in such a real and humorous manner.

Back in the day, Dilbert and BOFH were required reading for anyone working corporate, especially IT.

Happy to separate the artist from the artwork.

I have a few Dilbert/Scott Adams stories to share from the early days before he got controversial.

I had a co-worker from Russia whose husband was going to school at SMU in Dallas. I brought in a Calvin and Hobbes book for her, but she couldn't get into it. Then I brought in a Dilbert cartoon book and she loved it. She understood Dilbert's humor immediately.

When the Dilbert and Dogbert stuffed plushies came out, I immediately bought both of them. I emailed Scott Adams.

"I have the stuffed Dilbert and Dogbert, but I don't have a stuffed Ratbert? Why don't  have a stuffed Ratbert?"

Scott replied, "Niche market in a niche market." I don't think he realized just how big he was at the time. Not long after I was able to buy Ratbert and Catbert. Dilbert and Marvin the Martian had prominent places in my cubicle.

One day I was visiting a friend who worked at Texas Instruments at lunch time. When the company broke for lunch, and all the engineers came out the door, I realized every one of them could be a real life stand-in for Dilbert. "My Gawd, it's full of Dilberts!" 🙂

True story, and I'd never noticed it before when I was working in the same environment.

I loved reading Dilbert right up until the time my own work environment had all the worst aspects of the Dilbert cartoons. It's not as funny when you're actually living it. I never read Dilbert comics again. I have to give Scott Adams kudos for being able to turn that corporate hellscape into something funny and entertaining.

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