(NEXSTAR) – Scott Adams, the creator of the comic strip "Dilbert," has died after a battle with cancer. He was 68. Adams' ex-wife, Shelly Miles, shared the news of his death during a livestream of his show, "Real Coffee with Scott Adams," on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, this isn't good news," she started the 43-minute video. TMZ, which was among the first to report Adam's death, spoke with Miles on Monday. She told the outlet that Adams was receiving end-of-life care as his health rapidly declined. Adams had last appeared in a stream published on Monday, saying at the start that he would "probably be kind of quiet today, because I'm pretty close to my end date." In Tuesday's video, Miles read a final message Adams wrote, dated January of this year. In it, Adams said his "body fell before my brain," adding that he was "of sound mind" as he wrote. “I had an amazing life,” the statement continued, in part. “I gave it everything I had.” In the message Miles read on Tuesday, Adams described himself as "not a believer" before writing that he accepts "Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior" because "the risk-reward calculation for doing so looks so attractive to me." Last spring, Adams revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer that metastasized to his bones, telling viewers during a stream on his Rumble account that he had "the same cancer that Joe Biden has." At the time, Adams said he expected "to be checking out from this domain sometime" in the summer. “Every day is a nightmare, and evening is even worse,” he explained at the time. Adams also indicated that he planned to take advantage of aid-in-dying drugs, legal in his state of residence, California. It wasn't immediately clear if he followed through on those plans. In November, Adams pleaded with President Donald Trump to intervene in his cancer treatment. The cartoonist had written on X that "[Trump] offered to help me if I needed it. I need it," The Hill reported. Adams explained that while he had been granted access to a new FDA-approved drug for his treatment, his healthcare provider, Kaiser of Northern California, had not scheduled the "brief" appointment he needed. A short time later, Kaiser Permanente said it was working with Adams to continue his cancer care. On Jan. 4, Adams posted to X that he appreciated "the outpouring of suggestions and questions, but what happens next is between me and Jesus." "I won't be responding to your well-intentioned messages on this topic. (There are a lot!)," the post reads. "I hope you understand. And thank you." Days later, on Jan. 8, Adams said in another episode of “Real Coffee With Scott Adams” that he had reached “a point of exhaustion that is caused primarily by the disease” and was “declining week-to-week.” “You’re watching the fast decline of my situation,” he said. Adams proceeded to reveal that he had entered hospice care about a week earlier. “As of today, based on how I feel, I don’t know if there will be a show tomorrow, or ever again,” he said during the Jan. 8 episode. “If I feel better, there will be. If I feel the way I felt today, this might be our last show.” Adams had made headlines in recent years for his political views and controversial statements, including his support and defense of Trump. His comic strip “Dilbert” was also dropped by hundreds of newspapers in 2023 after he said in a YouTube post that he didn’t feel it “makes any sense as a white citizen of America to try to help Black citizens anymore,” and called Black Americans a “hate group.” His comments came in response to a Rasmussen poll that said 26% of Black respondents felt it wasn’t “OK to be white,” but Adams later claimed his statements were taken out of context, and that he was “intentionally” trying to be controversial. Adams was the 1997 recipient of the National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Award, considered one of the most prestigious awards for cartoonists. That same year, “Dilbert,” with its mouthless, bespectacled hero in a white short-sleeved shirt and a perpetually curled red tie, became the first fictional character to make Time magazine’s list of the most influential Americans. “Dilbert” strips were routinely photocopied, pinned up, emailed and posted online, a popularity that would spawn bestselling books, merchandise, commercials for Office Depot and an animated TV series, with Daniel Stern voicing Dilbert. After being dropped by newspapers in 2023, Adams relaunched the same daily comic strip under the name Dilbert Reborn via the video platform Rumble, popular with conservatives and far-right groups. He also launched the "Real Coffee" podcast, where he talked about various political and social issues. After Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show on ABC was suspended in September in the wake of the host’s comments on the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Adams stood for free speech. “Would I like some revenge?” Adams said. “Yes. Yes, I would enjoy that. But that doesn’t mean I get it. That doesn’t mean I should pursue it. Doesn’t mean the world’s a better place if it happens.” On Tuesday, Trump remembered Adams as a “Great Influencer.” “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,” the president posted on his social media platform Truth Social. The Associated Press contributed to this report.