Scott Adams, the renowned creator of the Dilbert cartoon, is facing his final days in hospice care, as his former spouse has recently disclosed.
At 68, Adams has been bravely confronting an advanced stage of prostate cancer. Earlier this year, he candidly acknowledged that his chances of recovery were virtually non-existent.
In a heartfelt revelation to TMZ, Shelly Adams, his first ex-wife, detailed the grim state of his health, confirming that he has been under end-of-life care at home for the past week.
Shelly shared that Adams’ health has sharply declined, and she, along with her sister and his stepdaughter, has been providing continuous care during this challenging time.
They have been supported by a team of nurses who visit regularly to assist with his hospice care regimen.
The conservative cartoonist made his metastatic cancer diagnosis public in May 2025. In a podcast released in early 2026, Adams spoke about his struggle with ongoing heart failure and losing sensation in his legs.
He noted ‘it is difficult to breathe sometimes during the day.’
But Shelly said despite bouts of confusion setting in, Adams has persevered and filmed what is likely to be his final podcast episode, during which he reportedly directly addresses his deteriorating health.
The right-leaning cartoonist, who launched Dilbert in the late 80s, warned ‘that January will probably be a month of transition, one way or another’
Adams previously said he intended to carry on as long as possible pretending he ‘has no problems’ and acting ‘like nothing’s happening’
Adams previously said he intended to carry on as long as possible pretending he ‘has no problems’ and acting ‘like nothing’s happening.
‘I’ll just take some painkillers – there’s no real limit to what I can take at this point,’ he noted.
He cited ‘massive amounts’ of weed as another crutch.
Adams further warned ‘that January will probably be a month of transition, one way or another.’
Referring to his prognosis, he added: ‘I’ll give you any updates if that changes, but it won’t.’
Adams said he will continue to work on Dilbert and other projects as he can. The comic was in syndication in major newspapers from 1989 until 2023, and is now self-published by Adams as a webcomic called Dilbert Reborn.
Back in May, he told viewers of his Real Coffee with Scott Adams show that he had cancer – ‘the same cancer that Joe Biden has,’ he said.
‘I also have prostate cancer that has also spread to my bones, but I’ve had it longer than he’s had it – well longer than he’s admitted having it.
Scott Adams, 68, shared the bleak prognosis on a Thursday livestream on Rumble, telling fans saying ‘the odds of me recovering are essentially zero’
‘I expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer,’ he said.
Adams – a longtime, vocal Trump supporter – added that it was hard to watch some peoples’ lack of sympathy for Biden due to their politics, ‘especially because the public has all decided to become prostate experts.’
Adams, at the time, called his condition ‘intolerable.’
‘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 now,’ he said at the time.
It is not clear when Adams was initially diagnosed.
After Trump’s second win in November, he received help from the President, who helped him obtain a newly FDA-approved drug called Pluvicto.
At the time, Adams – a supporter of Trump since his 2016 campaign – asked for his help on X.
Trump posted on Truth Social, “On it!”
The treatment, however, quickly proved ineffective by December, Adams said in another, earlier update.
Rounds of radiation treatment, he told viewers, had left him ‘paralyzed below the waist’.
His condition has since worsened, his near-daily videos have shown.
Adams first rose to fame in the 1990s with Dilbert, which appeared in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries until its cancellation. Publishers pulled the strip after Adams labeled black people a ‘hate group’ – a statement he later said framed as ‘hyperbole’
Adams first rose to fame in the 1990s with Dilbert, which appeared in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries before comments from its creator about race caused its cancellation.
In a February 2023 livestream, Adams brought up a controversial public opinion poll that asked his readers whether they agree with ‘It’s OK to be white’ – a viral alt-right slogan.
While doing so, he labeled black people a ‘hate group’ – a statement he later labeled ‘hyperbole’.
Publishers and editors, however, saw the comments as a risk and cited previous rhetoric from the Adams they found concerning.
Adams has questioned the death toll of the Holocaust and claimed he had lost multiple jobs for being white.
Newspapers first began to drop the strip in 2022, after Adams introduced the comic’s first black character as a way to poke fun at ‘woke’ politics.
