East Bay cartoonist Scott Adams, famed for Dilbert,' dies at 68
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East Bay cartoonist Scott Adams, famed for Dilbert,' dies at 68
"If you are reading this, things did not go well for me, Adams wrote in his characteristically forthright way. My body failed before my brain. Many of my Christian friends have asked me to find Jesus before I go. I'm not a believer, but I have to admit, the risk reward calculation for doing so looks so attractive to me. So here I go. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, and look forward to spending an eternity with him."
"His comic strip, started in 1989, appeared in more 2,000 papers at its peak, allowing him to launch a series of bestselling books, a short-lived TV show and lines of merchandise."
"But it all came crashing down in 2023, when he was dropped by hundreds of newspapers in 2023 after he called Black Americans a hate group and said that white people should just get the hell away from them. He later defended his remarks as hyperbole."
Scott Adams died at age 68 of prostate cancer after moving into hospice and being surrounded by loved ones. Shelly Miles, his first ex-wife, announced the death during a livestream of the Real Coffee With Scott Adams podcast and read a final letter dated Jan. 1 in which he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Adams first disclosed his cancer diagnosis in May, saying it matched the form diagnosed in President Joe Biden and had metastasized to his bones. Dilbert began in 1989 and reached more than 2,000 newspapers at its peak, spawning bestselling books, a TV series and merchandise. In 2023 he was dropped by hundreds of newspapers after calling Black Americans a hate group and suggesting white people get away, remarks he later defended as hyperbole.
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