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In 2015, Scott Adams did something almost no one else who enjoyed his privileges was brave enough to do. He sacrificed his lucrative career as one of the most successful cartoonists in history by choosing to support Donald J. Trump for President. At that time, everyone in Hollywood or big media was too cowardly to put their politics where their mouths were. But Scott wasn’t. And it cost him. Supporting Trump effectively ended his traditional career in old media.

But life is weird that way. Scott’s loss of ‘traditional’ caché unexpectedly blossomed into a new-media career— as a daily conservative podcast influencer with an intellectual bent. He gathered his basket of “good-not-great” skills —which he called his talent stack— and made a runaway hit out of them. He clearly loved it, and seemed joyfully fulfilled through his podcast, Real Coffee with Scott Adams. It’s hard to say who enjoyed his show more— his followers or Scott himself.

As Trump’s first term ended and the nation transitioned into the pandemic in 2023 —and as America’s censorship era reached high noon— two thousand newspapers canceled Dilbert’s syndication on a single day, allegedly over a “racist* rant” Scott made during a podcast. (* not racist at all.) They had just been waiting for a contractual excuse. Just a few months earlier, on January 21, 2023, Scott renounced his pro-vaccine position, admitting that “the anti‑vaxxers clearly are the winners at this point” and that they “came out the best.”

Either way, freed from his decades-old cartooning responsibilities, Scott continued publishing his daily podcast, which had clearly become his passion.

In May, 2025, he informed his followers he’d been diagnosed with stage-4 metastatic prostate cancer— and the prognosis was grimmer than corporate meeting purgatory. From then until yesterday, the media master kept the world updated throughout a dramatic health battle that included experimental cancer treatments and emergency presidential interventions.

As his health deteriorated, his increasing frailty and obvious pain never prevented his podcasting. Scott soldiered on.

Two weeks ago, Scott penned a letter addressed to all of us, intended for posthumous release; yesterday, his first ex-wife read it aloud in a viral tweet. In it, Scott made his peace with his life and death and thanked his listeners, who, he said, had given him much more than he’d given them. He hoped he’d been useful. And he typed out his acceptance of Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior— a concession he’d long and stubbornly refused— until the last possible moment. God works in mysterious ways; His wonders to behold.

Illustrating Scott’s reach and influence, none less than the President of the United States mourned the cartoonist’s death yesterday:




Between his cartoons, his many books, and his daily podcast —whose clips were widely shared across social media— it is undeniable that Scott Adams’ relentless productivity improved the lives of millions. He was incredibly useful. Scott’s life and legacy are marked by his wicked sense of humor, his fierce intellect and common sense, the courage of his convictions, his unstinting labors to help others, his broad and enduring influence, the exemplary grace of his highly public cancer battle, and his ultimate transition from this earthly realm into a new Heavenly cubicle.

He is survived by two ex-wives (he was married for just ten years in total). Scott never had any biological children.