http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2007/03/top_15_unintent.html

He’s done a lot over the years. The X-Files gig was after he made the switch from being a stuntman to getting more on-screen acting parts. Back in the day, long before they would work together on Stargate SG-1, he worked with Richard Dean Anderson on MacGyver as Dana Elcar’s stunt double (Dana Elcar played Pete, the head of the Phoenix Foundation). According to Wikipedia he also played two different characters on screen in MacGyver, but even though I used to watch that show a lot, I don’t remember him.

I wish you guys could have met him. When he talked to you it was like he had been waiting to talk to you and had known you forever. This guy was the definition of charisma, and none of it was bullshit, at least not that I could see. He was a genuinely cool guy, and 65 is too damn young to die nowadays. Take care of your hearts, people. Don should have been around for another 20 years.

Don’s final movie Stargate: Continuum will be released on DVD on July 29, 2008 here in the US. You guys in other parts of the world will have to wait a little bit longer. It’s his last appearance as Lt. Gen. George Hammond. Be sure to check it out.

Don Sinclair Davis
August 4, 1942 – June 29, 2008

Man, this sucks. He was in bad health, which was why his cardiologist told him he needed to leave SG-1, so this isn't entirely unexpected. But nonetheless it sucks.

You may recall that Sci-Fi Girl and I got to meet Don and talk with him back in Episode 7. You only saw the stuff that we filmed in front of the audience, but he was exactly as warm and friendly when the cameras weren't rolling. Hours before what you saw on film, I was in the hotel in Chicago scouting out shots, when down the hall I spot Don S. Davis walking my way. He saw that I recognized him, and without me saying a word he walked over and shook my hand and asked me my name. It was like he was there to see me. None of this standing in line and paying for autographs bullshit, he came over to me and thanked me for watching. I've never experienced that with a celebrity either before or since. And when I mentioned that my little sister was a big fan, he walked over to her, shook her hand and gave her a big hug and thanked her, too.

What a hell of a guy. I've met a few celebrities over the course of my life, and with the possible exception of James Doohan, none of them have come anywhere close to being as friendly, approachable, and personalble as the Stargate SG-1 cast. These people are great, and meeting Don S. Davis was like meeting a grandfather you never knew you had. This is a big loss for me personally, and for all the Stargate fans out there. This guy was one in a million.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — Unless a federal court intervenes, South Carolina drivers may soon be able to profess their Christian faith with a state-issued license plate.

South Carolina’s plate is based on a design by Florida, which was rejected by the state. The state plans to issue plates featuring a Christian cross and the words “I Believe,” but a group advocating the separation of church and state says that goes too far. A similar design had been considered by Florida’s lawmakers, but it was rejected there because of concerns over separation of church and state.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which includes Christian, Jewish and Hindu clergy, filed a federal lawsuit last month. The group contends that the plates violate the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against government favoring one religion over another religion or non-religion.

South Carolina became the first state to offer Christian car tags last month, when Gov. Mark Sanford allowed the bill to become law without his signature. The state legislature had passed it unanimously. “I think it allows people of faith to profess that they believe in a higher calling, they believe in God,” said Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer.

Bauer has offered to personally pay a $4,000 deposit required for the Department of Motor Vehicles to begin producing the plates. The fee would be returned to him later. The Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said Bauer’s willingness to pay the deposit “more deeply confirms this is a government-sponsored program.”

“I don’t believe that these license plates will ever be on any car in South Carolina, because I think our Constitutional claim is so strong,” Lynn said.

South Carolina’s legislature has not made a similar specialty plate available for any other faith, he said. While individuals can ask the DMV to print plates for other faiths — for a $4,000 fee — the request would be subject to significant limits and rules not imposed for the Christian plate. Other tags could feature a religious symbol — such as the Star of David — but no words would be allowed.

The Christian plate will include the words “I Believe” and a bright-yellow cross on a multicolored stained glass church window. Lynn’s group said in a news release that other religions will not be able to get similar license plates expressing differing viewpoints, nor can a comparable ‘I Don’t Believe’ license plate be issued.

“The state has made believers of non-Christian faiths feel that they are second-class citizens,” Lynn said. “Under our Constitution, that’s impermissible.”

Bauer said allowing Christians to have a specialty license plate is freedom of speech. He said those who oppose are prejudiced against Christians. “We’re not going to back down,” Bauer said. “We’re going to fight for a change. I’m tired of seeing Christians back down in fear of a lawsuit.” Bauer also said he is not afraid of a personal political backlash against him.

“If I were never to get elected or serve in another capacity because I pronounce my faith as a Christian, I don’t have a problem with that,” Bauer said.