Franco Columbu

An Italian born former bodybuilder actor and author Despite his short statue at 5 ft 5 165cm he won Mr Olympia bodybuilding in 1976 and 1981 During a competition in Munich in 1965 he met Arnold Schwarzenegger and the two of them got very close After Arnolds relocation to USA he brought Franco over not long after because he missed his best friend It was a friendship that would last for 54 years til Francoa death Franco Columbos would participate in several minor roles in movies after his US entry acting along side Schwarzenegger in a few of his motion pictures Although he held a US residence and lived there since the 1970s Columbu would often travel back home to Sardinia on vacation and it was there he ultimately passed away at the age of 78