Cliff Simon, who played the villain Ba’al in the years-long series “Stargate SG-1”, died after a kiteboarding accident on Topanga Beach in California, his wife announced on Thursday. He was 58.
“There’s a gaping hole where he once stood on this earth,” Colette Simon wrote on Facebook. “He was and will always be the love of my life and there is an unimaginable sadness.”
She said her husband died and “did one of the things he loved most and died on the beach near the water, which was his temple.”
According to IMDB, ‘Stargate SG-1’ was the space exploration drama that premiered on Showtime in 1997 and ended its ten year long series on the Sci-Fi channel (later known as Syfy). .
Colette Simon said the character ‘was the villain you loved to hate’.
Cliff Simon, a native of South Africa who also lived in the United Kingdom for many years, made his American TV debut in 2000 in a guest role on ‘Nash Bridges’. He later appeared in ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’, ‘Days of Our’. Living, “” The Americans “and” Castle. “
Colette Simon quoted her husband as saying, “I’m acting, it’s just a part of who I am.”
According to People, Cliff Simon was also a skilled swimmer, a veteran of the South African Air Force, windsurf instructor and model.
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