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.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is mourning the loss of his best friend and saying goodbye in a tearful tribute. The actor poured his heart out sharing with fans the special bond he had with former Mr. Olympia, ...

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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 ...

ROMEROME — 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 hospital in the ...