Franco Columbu is the former Mr. Olympia who ... In his later years, Columbu became a chiropractor and nutritionist in Los Angeles. Columbo wrote several books on nutrition and fitness including ...

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 city ...

In his monthly newsletter, he looked back on his days working out with Italian bodybuilder Franco Columbo, and revealed his career max bench press: 525 pounds. “In those days, that was a big ...

It was a friendship that would last for 54 years til Franco'a death. Franco Columbo's would participate in several minor roles in movies after his US entry, acting along side Schwarzenegger in a ...

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.

Reportedly, Arnold first met Franco Columbu in Germany in the 1960s where they were rivals in bodybuilding competitions. Franco Columbo breathed his last in August 2019. (ANI) ...

Soon after arriving in California in 1968, he used his bodybuilding, along with extra income from his side hustles – laying bricks with friend and fellow bodybuilder Franco Columbo, and a mail ...

Franco Columbu, best known as former Mr. Olympia, died on August 30 at the age of 78. Born on the island of Sardinia in Italy, he won Mr. Olympia the year after Arnold Schwarzenegger retired from ...