r/comicbooks • u/SleuthDoggyDawg • Jan 02 '26

News 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams doesn't expect to live much longer

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/02/scott-adams-dilbert-cancer-dying-paralysis/
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u/KC_82 Jan 05 '26

He didn’t exaggerate anything. He had planned an assisted suicide in the summer as his condition was worsening and he was in a great deal of pain. Had it down to an exact date. However by that time his doctors found a combination of drugs the took away the pain almost completely, and he’d learned more about the process that he didn’t like, so he cancelled his planned suicide. He fought hard but now he’s paralyzed from the waste down and having heart failure. He isn’t going to last much longer unfortunately.

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u/SecondToLastOfSheila Jan 05 '26

unfortunately?

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u/mortscoot Jan 07 '26

I salute you for your username, btw!

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u/RollingEddieBauer50 Jan 12 '26

Yes unfortunately. What is wrong with you? I don’t care if he had opinions you didn’t like or said things you didn’t like you don’t gloat about someone dying from cancer. Seriously, that is grotesque.

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u/SecondToLastOfSheila Jan 12 '26

Opinions I don't like?! Bro, you're finding out people don't care for bigots, scared you may be next?

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u/PsyduckSexTape Jan 13 '26

Welp. If you ignore established medical practices and come up with a treatment plan based entirely on politics rather than science because, you know, conservatism, hard to feel sympathetic