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It was not a surprise. We've all seen what happens after it starts
to spread, but still sad.

I have gotten a lot of entertainment from his work over the years.

RIP.
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On 2026-01-13 18:52:08 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

It was not a surprise. We've all seen what happens after it starts
to spread, but still sad.

I have gotten a lot of entertainment from his work over the years.

RIP.

:-(

Controversial Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams dies aged 68
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Scott Adams, the US cartoonist who wrote and illustrated the
comic strip Dilbert, has died of cancer at the age of 68.

His ex-wife Shelly Miles announced his death on Tuesday
during a live stream of his podcast, Real Coffee with Scott
Adams.

The satirical cartoon strip - about a competent but
frustrated engineer and his dysfunctional workplace
environment - was first published in 1989, and went on to
feature in more than 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries.

The character also later appeared in books, an animated TV
series and video game. But in 2023, his comic strip was
cancelled by newspapers including the Washington Post after
Adams was accused of making racist comments about black
people.

Adams called black Americans a "hate group" and suggested
white Americans "get the hell away from black people," in
response to a conservative organisation's poll purporting to
show that many African-Americans do not think it is OK to be
white.

He later defended his comments and said that he had been
using hyperbole to make a point, adding that he disavowed
racists and that media reports had ignored the context of
his comments.

US President Donald Trump paid tribute to Adams on Truth
Social, following news of his death: "Sadly, the Great
Influencer, Scott Adams, has passed away. He was a fantastic
guy, who liked and respected me when it wasn't fashionable
to do so.

"He bravely fought a long battle against a terrible disease,"
Trump wrote.

A tearful Shelly told listeners at the start of Adams's
latest podcast on Tuesday: "He's not with us anymore."

She then read out a posthumous message from Adams: "I had an
amazing life, I gave it everything I had.

"If I got any benefits from my work, I'm asking that you pay
it forward as best as you can. That's the legacy I want.

"Be useful, and please know I loved you all to the very end."

In his later career, Adams - also a trained hypnotist - wrote
self-help books including How to Fail at Almost Everything and
Still Win Big, Win Bigly, Loserthink and Reframe Your Brain.

He had been receiving end-of-life care at his home after the
prostate cancer, which he first revealed he had in May 2025,
spread to his bones.

On 1 January this year, he told listeners that the chances of
him making a recovery were unlikely.

"I'll give you any updates if that changes, but it won't," he
said.

"So there's no chance that I'll get my feeling back in my legs,
and I've got some ongoing heart failure, which is making it
difficult to breathe sometimes during the day.

"However, you should prepare yourself that January will probably
be a month of transition, one way or another."


<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y320k72vyo>




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On 1/13/2026 12:52 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

It was not a surprise. We've all seen what happens after it starts
to spread, but still sad.

I have gotten a lot of entertainment from his work over the years.

RIP.

I was getting his daily Dilbert Reborn comics in my email until about
last Tuesday. He was behind, it was the Dec 26, 2025 strip about
Dilbert buying a new house and getting a great deal. Upon entering the
house after buying the house unseen, Dilbert and Dogbert found a
skeleton in the living room in a hole in the floor.

Lynn

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Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote in news:10k7g6r$3p4l5$1@dont- email.me:

On 1/13/2026 12:52 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

It was not a surprise. We've all seen what happens after it starts
to spread, but still sad.

I have gotten a lot of entertainment from his work over the years.

RIP.

I was getting his daily Dilbert Reborn comics in my email until about
last Tuesday. He was behind, it was the Dec 26, 2025 strip about
Dilbert buying a new house and getting a great deal. Upon entering the house after buying the house unseen, Dilbert and Dogbert found a
skeleton in the living room in a hole in the floor.

Lynn

Hello,

I wasn't willing to pay for the Dilbert Reborn work. I did get to see some
of Scott's YT posts. I started following Scott Adams and the Dilbert family back in 1982 or 83 when I found his work in the daily newspaper at college. It was one of only a few cartoons in the back of the small newspaper
available from the college press in the cafeteria. I got most of his humor and references through the years. Scott never ran short of good ideas we could all relate to.

David

P.S. My favorite character besides Dilbert was the Trashman and his understanding of the world.
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In article <10k7g6r$3p4l5$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 1/13/2026 12:52 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

It was not a surprise. We've all seen what happens after it starts
to spread, but still sad.

I have gotten a lot of entertainment from his work over the years.

RIP.

I was getting his daily Dilbert Reborn comics in my email until about
last Tuesday. He was behind, it was the Dec 26, 2025 strip about
Dilbert buying a new house and getting a great deal. Upon entering the >house after buying the house unseen, Dilbert and Dogbert found a
skeleton in the living room in a hole in the floor.

Lynn

I hope his estate puts out a collection of these at some point.
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