Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian Prime Minister who rebounded from sexual scandals and corruption accusations, has died at the age of 86. He passed away at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, according to Italian media.
In April, Berlusconi was treated for a lung infection related to an undisclosed case of chronic leukemia.
Silvio Berlusconi’s history in politics and business
Berlusconi, a billionaire and flamboyant media tycoon, first came to power in 1994 and served as Prime Minister for four terms until 2011.
He left the office of Prime Minister for the last time in 2011, as Italy was nearing a debt crisis similar to Greece’s and facing several scandals.
A decade ago, he was banned from holding public office due to a tax fraud conviction related to his media empire businesses, but the ban was lifted in 2018.
He then led the right-wing party Forza Italia, which entered into a coalition with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni following the September elections, in which he was elected as a member of the Italian upper house, the Senate.
Breaking News: Silvio Berlusconi, the media mogul who became Italy’s most polarizing and prosecuted prime minister, is dead at 86, news outlets reported.https://t.co/TY3sdG9bfy
His death marks the end of a controversial political career, during which the tycoon transformed Italian politics with his personality-centered party Forza Italia, built using his fortune, modern marketing, and the apparatus of his vast entertainment empire.
If you want to know more about the life of this controversial politician, there’s nothing like the film by Sorrentino called “Loro” (Silvio and the Others in English), which portrays his final days as a mafia-like politician.
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