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Franco Columbu Dies at 78

August 30, 2019 Yegor Khzokhlachev Lee Haney 0

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September 20, 2023 Yegor Khzokhlachev Lee Haney 0

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Rare Arnold Schwarzenegger Photos Part 1

September 20, 2023 Yegor Khzokhlachev Lee Haney 0

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Mr Olympia Franco Columbu (78 years), a native of Ollolai, Sardinia, died around 2 PM, August 30, 2019 after having suffered an illness or possibly drowning while he was in the water at San Teodoro beach in Sardinia, Italy. Columbu was a Los Angeles resident but returned to his native Sardinia for three weeks every August.

Franco Columbu died shortly after arriving at the emergency room after transport by a 118 helicopter to the Guissepie Paulo II Hospital in Olbia, Sardinia.