ROME — ROME (AP) - Italian bodybuilder, boxer and actor Franco Columbu, one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's closest friends, has died in his native Sardinia. He was 78. Columbu died at John Paul II ...

Italian bodybuilder and the man Arnold Schwarzenegger called “my best friend,” Franco Columbu, died Friday after suffering a heart attack while swimming off the coast of Sardinia, Italy. He was 78.

Franco Columbu, a bodybuilder, boxer and actor who appeared in the films The Terminator and Conan the Barbarian alongside his close friend Arnold Schwarzenegger, has died. Columbu was 78. The Italian ...

The rivalry between Frank Zane and Franco Columbu defined bodybuilding’s Golden Era, showcasing a timeless clash of ...

Italian bodybuilder, actor and boxer Franco Columbu has died at age 78 at John Paul II hospital in the city of Olbia. Columbu, who lived in Los Angeles, was vacationing in Sardinia when he fell ill ...

Maria Shriver is mourning the loss of family friend Franco Columbu, sharing a touching tribute to the late bodybuilding champ and bestie of ex-husband Arnold Schwarzenegger. “Franco was family,” ...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is mourning the loss of the man he called his best friend -- Italian bodybuilder Franco Columbu. The 78-year-old Columbu was the best man at the wedding of Schwarzenegger and ...