Dilbert creator ‘has DAYS to live’ as ex-wife shares devastating health update on legendary cartoonist

The creator of the legendary Dilbert cartoon has only a few days left and is receiving hospice care, his ex-wife has revealed.

Scott Adams, 68, is battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer and admitted earlier this year that his ‘chances of recovery’ were ‘essentially zero’.

But now his first wife, Shelly Adams, has revealed the sobering reality of his situation. TMZ Receiving ‘end of life care at home last week’.

Her condition was rapidly deteriorating, she said, and she, her sister and Adams’ stepdaughter were caring for her at all hours of the day.

During this time, nurses were coming in and out to assist with his treatment at the hospice.

The conservative cartoonist announced his metastatic cancer diagnosis in May 2025 and said in a podcast episode in the first week of 2026 that he was dealing with ‘ongoing heart failure’ and lost feeling in his legs.

He stated that ‘sometimes it is difficult to breathe during the day’.

But despite the confusion that ensued, Shelly said, Adams persevered and likely filmed his final podcast episode, during which he reportedly directly addressed his deteriorating health.

Adams has previously said that he intends to act “like nothing’s wrong” and act “like nothing happened” for as long as possible.

Adams was previously married to glamorous pilot Kristina Basham, but the couple split in March 2022.

Adams was previously married to glamorous pilot Kristina Basham, but the couple split in March 2022.

He has previously said that he plans to carry on for as long as possible, acting “as if nothing was wrong” and “as if nothing had happened”.

‘I’ll just take some painkillers; “There’s no real limit to what I can get at this point,” he said.

He cited ‘large amounts of weed’ as another crutch.

Adams also warned that ‘January will be a transition month in one way or another.’

Referring to his own prognosis, he added: ‘I’ll give you any updates if it changes but it won’t change.’

Adams had promised to continue working on Dilbert and other projects as much as he could. The comic ran in major newspapers from 1989 to 2023 and has now been self-published by Adams as a webcomic called Dilbert Reborn.

In May, he told viewers of his Real Coffee with Scott Adams that he showed that he had cancer; “It’s the same cancer Joe Biden has,” he said.

‘I also have prostate cancer which has spread to my bones, but I’ve had it longer than he has, much longer than he’s admitting.

Scott Adams, 68, shared the grim prognosis during the Rumble livestream on Thursday, telling fans that “my chances of recovery are essentially zero.”

Basham was married to Adams from 2020 to 2022. He did not publicly disclose Adams’ diagnosis.

‘I hope to leave this area sometime this summer,’ he said.

Adams, who has long been a strong supporter of Trump, added that it’s hard to watch some people not sympathize with Biden because of his politics, “especially because the public as a whole has decided to become prostate specialists.”

Adams described his situation as “unbearable” at the time.

‘If you’re wondering if I’ll get better, my answer is no, it’ll only get worse. “There is only one aspect to this business now,” he said.

Trump received help from the President after his second victory in November, which helped him obtain a new FDA-approved drug called Pluvicto.

At the time, Adams, who had been a supporter of Trump since his 2016 campaign, asked him for help with X.

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But the treatment proved ineffective by December, Adams said in another update.

He told viewers that the radiation treatment left him ‘paralyzed from the waist down’.

Adams first rose to fame with Dilbert, which appeared in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries until its cancellation in the 1990s. Publishers withdrew the statement after Adams labeled black people a ‘hate group’; he later said this statement was framed as ‘exaggeration’

Adams first rose to fame in the 1990s with Dilbert, which appeared in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries before its creator’s comments about race led to its cancellation.

In a February 2023 livestream, Adams brought up a controversial opinion poll that asked readers whether they agreed with a viral alt-right slogan, “It’s okay to be white.”

In doing so, he labeled black people a ‘hate group’; he later labeled this statement as ‘an exaggeration’.

But publishers and editors saw the comments as a risk and referred to what Adams had said previously.

Adams questioned the number of deaths in the Holocaust and claimed that he lost more than one job because he was white.

Newspapers first began publishing the strip in 2022, after Adams introduced the comic’s first black character as a way to poke fun at ‘woke’ politics.