'Stargate SG 1' actor Cliff Simon dies in kiteboarding accident aged 58
The 58-year-old star from South Africa was reportedly killed in a kiteboarding accident. “To Friends, family and fans, It is with unimaginable heartbreak that I am sharing with you, that my beloved husband, Cliff Simon, passed away at 12:30pm on Tuesday March 9, 2021,” his wife Collette wrote on his Facebook page. “He was at Topanga Beach, California and sadly passed away after a tragic kiteboarding accident. He was known to most of you on this page as the villain you loved to hate, Ba’al, from Stargate SG-1. But as he said, “acting is what I do, it’s only a part of who I am.”