Mmmm Stargate. (mmm Carter)
Good to know those assclowns will be rebooting their own movie and ignoring 17 seasons of TV, plus a couple of movies and piles of fans buying merchandise, going to conventions, and generally sticking with it.
Saw a quote on Gateworld from one of the MGM execs involved in the new movie set up, excited that they could try to create a "universe" with this franchise. Um...what? Time to reinvent the wheel.
Probably need a Constitutional amendment prohibiting reboots or remakes until copyright on the original expires...maybe that will also start to shorten copyright terms.
Regarding RDA, as far I know, he hit mid-middle age (50-ish) during the run of the show and injured his knee (skiing iirc). A lifetime of hockey, skiing, and such already had him with sketchy knees apparently - the recovery from that pretty much doomed him.
Get tubby, get painful to move = hard to exercise and lose weight.