Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died at the age of 86 after a battle with leukaemia
The billionaire politician and media mogul, 86, was dashed to Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital on June 9. He was admitted into hospital with heart problems and shortness of breath amid an ongoing battle with leukaemia.
He was admitted to intensive care at the same hospital in April after suffering breathing problems. He was discharged on May 19 after spending 45 days in hospital. Guido Crosetto, Italy's defence minister, has paid tribute to Berlusconi - saying the former Italian prime minister leaves behind a "huge void".Former Italian Prime Minister and leader of the Italian right-wing party "Forza Italia" , Silvio Berlusconi, and his partner Marta Fascina, 33.His health had deteriorated in recent years, having undergone open heart surgery in 2016 and numerous hospital admissions since contracting Covid-19 three years ago.
Silvio Berlusconi goes for a walk British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, and his wife Cherie Blair, after their arrival at Berlusconi's luxury villa, in Porto Rotondo on the Island-region of Sardinia, Italy, Monday Aug. 16, 2004.The controversial three-time prime minister of Italy had been embroiled in several scandals during his life, most notably his ‘Bunga Bunga’ parties.
Silvio Berlusconi pictured with two unidentified women as he goes for a walk dressed in a blue shirt and matching pants, outside his luxury villa in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia island, Thursday Aug. 19, 2004.In the 'Bunga Bunga' scandal, he was accused, but later acquitted, of paying young women for "silence and lies" surrounding the infamous gatherings, which he always insisted were dinner parties.
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