Scott Raymond Adams (June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026)
(BLAZE) – Scott Adams, creator of the iconic "Dilbert" comic
strip and ardent Trump supporter, has passed away at the
age of 68.
Adams died Tuesday morning after a battle with prostate
cancer. He had announced his cancer diagnosis last May.
Scott Adams and President Trump.
On January 11, 1964, United States Surgeon General Luther
Terry (above) released a groundbreaking government report
announcing a definitive link between smoking and cancer.
Knowing his report was a bombshell, Terry intentionally
chose to release it on that date, which fell on a Saturday,
in order to limit its immediate effects on the stock market.
The link had long been suspected. Anecdotal evidence
had always pointed to negative health effects from
smoking, and by the 1930s physicians were noticing
an increase in lung cancer cases.
The first medical studies that raised serious concerns
were published in Great Britain in the late 1940s.
Robert Hall Weir (October 16, 1947 – January 10, 2026)
was a musician and songwriter best known as a founding
member of the Grateful Dead..
An announcement said he died after a “courageous” battle
with cancer and an underlying lung issue.
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001
On November 29, 2001, English musician and songwriter
George Harrison died of lung cancer that had spread to
his brain at the age of 58.
Harrison achieved global fame as a member of the Beatles
and went on to a successful solo career that included
frequent collaborations with many of the foremost
musicians of his generation.
The youngest member of the Beatles, Harrison was born
in Liverpool in 1943 and joined the group, then known as
the Quarrymen, when he was barely 15.
Harrison became the group’s lead guitarist and frequently
sang, but he developed a reputation as the “quiet Beatle”
Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. (July 22, 1943 – June 24, 2025)
In March 2025, Sherman’s diagnosis of stage 4 kidney cancer
was made public. He died today, June 24.
Sherman left show business in the 1970s for a career as a
paramedic and a deputy sheriff, but performed occasionally
into the 1990s.
