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| Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, dies at 86 | Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, dies at 86 |
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| Berlusconi led centre-right party Forza Italy and was elected to the Senate last September | Berlusconi led centre-right party Forza Italy and was elected to the Senate last September |
| Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian PM who bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations, has died aged 86. | Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian PM who bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations, has died aged 86. |
| He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, according to Italian media. | He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, according to Italian media. |
| In April, Berlusconi was treated for a lung infection linked to a previously undisclosed case of chronic leukaemia. | |
| A flamboyant billionaire media tycoon, Berlusconi first came to office in 1994 and led four governments until 2011. | A flamboyant billionaire media tycoon, Berlusconi first came to office in 1994 and led four governments until 2011. |
| He led the centre-right Forza Italia party which went into coalition under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after elections in September, when he was elected to Italy's upper house, the Senate. | He led the centre-right Forza Italia party which went into coalition under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after elections in September, when he was elected to Italy's upper house, the Senate. |
| Reacting to the news, Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Berlusconi's death left a "huge void". | |
| "An era is over... Farewell Silvio," Mr Crosetto wrote in a tweet, adding that he "loved" Berlusconi "very much". | |
| The former leader had been suffering from a rare form of blood cancer, chronic myelomonocyte leukaemia, doctors at San Raffaele told reporters earlier this year. | |
| So far, there has been no official confirmation of the immediate cause of death. He has had repeated health problems since contracting Covid in 2020. | |
| Born in 1936 in Milan, Berlusconi began his career selling vacuum cleaners, before setting up a construction company. | |
| He went on to become one of Italy's richest men, making his fortune through his TV channels. | |
| He gained international recognition as the owner of legendary football club AC Milan - which he saved from bankruptcy in 1986 - before going into politics. | |
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| Italy | Italy |