Photos: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Tucson
- Rick Wiley
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Arnold Schwarzenegger today, March 30, 2018 was rushed to the hospital for emergency open-heart surgery. In 1976, Schwarzenegger was a relatively unknown body builder and aspiring actor. He visited Tucson that year to promote his budding movie career.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Before he was the Governator, the Terminator or even Conan the Barbarian, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a 28-year-old aspiring actor promoting his movie, Stay Hungry, during a visit to Tucson in August 1976. The Austrian-born newcomer was a relative unknown except for those in the international body-building world who knew him as the former Mr Universe and Mr Olympia. The documentary, Pumping Iron, had yet to be released and his future had yet to be defined.
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Staying in shape was important to Arnold Schwarzenegger as the 28-year-old aspiring actor works out at the Tucson Health Studio while promoting his movie, Stay Hungry, during a visit to Tucson in August 1976. During his stay he gave interviews to the local media, worked out at the gym of a friend, Carlos Rodriguez, and took a dip in the pool at the Doubletree Inn.
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Fellow body-builder and former Mr Universe Carlos Rodriguez, left, gets a surprise visit from Arnold Schwarzenegger at his gym, Tucson Health Studio. At the time, Schwarzenegger was a 28-year-old aspiring actor promoting his movie, Stay Hungry, in August 1976.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is silhouetted as he looks at some weight lifting equipment at a Tucson store. At the time he was a 28-year-old aspiring actor promoting his movie, Stay Hungry, in August 1976. However, in an interview with a reporter from the Tucson Citizen, he expressed the desire to find the kind of success in the movies that he had achieved in the world of body-building.
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While back in his hotel at the Doubletree Inn, Arnold Schwarzenegger changes his attire. He was a 28-year-old aspiring actor promoting his movie, Stay Hungry, when he came for a visit in August 1976. During his stay he gave interviews to the local media, worked out at the gym of a friend, Carlos Rodriguez, and took a dip in the pool at the Doubletree Inn.
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A young and aspiring actor Arnold Schwarzenegger endures one of many media interviews as he promotes his movie, Stay Hungry, during a visit to Tucson in August 1976. During his stay he gave interviews to the local media, worked out at the gym of a friend, Carlos Rodriguez, and took a dip in the pool at the Doubletree Inn. The documentary, Pumping Iron, had yet to be released and his future had yet to be defined.
Tom Bingham / Tucson CitizenArnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger was a 28-year-old aspiring actor promoting his movie, Stay Hungry, during a visit to Tucson in August 1976. The Austrian-born newcomer was a relative unknown except for those in the international body-building world who knew him as the former Mr Universe and Mr Olympia.
Tom Bingham / Tucson CitizenArnold Schwarzenegger
Back at the pool at the Doubletree Inn, Arnold Schwarzenegger gets some rest as he catches some rays as he hangs out at the pool. He was a 28-year-old aspiring actor promoting his movie, Stay Hungry, in August 1976. At the time what lay ahead for him was unknown. Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator, the governorship of California were in the distant horizon, but that was followed by scandal.
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