BREAKING: Scott Adams’ ‘Reframe Your Brain’ is #1 overall bestseller on Amazon as Americans say goodbye to their internet dad

Adams was pronounced dead Tuesday morning after a battle with prostate cancer. He had publicly disclosed his diagnosis in 2025 and continued hosting his Coffee with Scott Adams livestream as his condition worsened. In the final weeks of his life, the show shifted to a call-in format, with Adams speaking directly to friends, colleagues, and long-time viewers.

January 15, 2026

On Monday, Adams was transferred to hospice care after learning that his prognosis had significantly deteriorated. Earlier in January, he told viewers that his chances of recovery were effectively nonexistent. “So the odds of me recovering are essentially zero,” Adams said during a recent broadcast.

During the Tuesday morning episode of Coffee with Scott Adams, his ex-wife Shelly Miles announced through tears that Adams had died shortly before the show went on air. She read a message from Adams, written earlier this month, in which he said that he had accepted Christianity before his death. “I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, and look forward to spending an eternity with Him,” the message read.

Adams was best known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which launched in 1989 and became internationally syndicated. The strip was inspired by Adams’ experiences working in the corporate world and became widely associated wi th office culture in the 1990s.