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.

FILE - In this April 26, 1986 file photo, maid of Honor Caroline Kennedy and Best Man Franco Columbu, leave St. Francis Xavier Church after the wedding of Caroline's cousin Maria Shriver to Arnold ...

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 hospital in ...

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 ...

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