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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:12 am
Silvio Berlusconi: former Italian prime minister has died at 86
Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving premier who counted Russian President Vladimir Putin as a friend and gained notoriety for his "bunga bunga" sex parties, had suffered from leukaemia and recently developed a lung infection.
He died at Milan's San Raffaele hospital, where he was admitted on Friday. Four of his five children and his brother Paolo were at his bedside, ANSA reported shortly before his death was announced.
A state funeral will be held in Milan on Wednesday.