Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.

Scott Adams, controversial author and creator of the Dilbert comic strip, has died, months after announcing he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Adams rose to fame in the early 1990s with his comic strip Dilbert, satirizing white-collar culture based on his own experiences working in company offices.