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THE former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86.
The three-time Italian prime minister died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, where he previously spent 6 weeks due to a pulmonary infection. He had been diagnosed with leukemia for quite some time.
The media tycoon, who led three governments between 1994 and 2011, addressed Italian people via a video message filmed in a hospital room in May.
Berlusconi was a senator and president of the far-right party, Forza Italia – a junior partner in Italy’s current ruling coalition. Despite juridical issues linked to sex scandals and allegations of fraud, he made a comeback in 2017.
An avid football fan, Berlusconi was the president of AC Milan for 31 years, and was also the owner of the football club Monza.
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