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- Silvio Berlusconi died at the age of 86, according to a spokesman for the German Press Agency.
- Italian media had previously reported on Berlusconi’s death in a Milan hospital.
- The former Prime Minister of Italy received medical treatment last week.
- His health had deteriorated since early April.
According to his doctors, the 86-year-old had been suffering from blood cancer for a long time. That is why the right-wing populist politician, who still plays an important role in Italian politics today, was in intensive care in a hospital in Milan for several weeks from the beginning of April. Last Friday he had gone back to medical treatment.
Berlusconi had been ill for years. At the end of 2020 he fell ill with Corona and pneumonia. In the years before he had to be hospitalized for a urinary tract infection. In 2016 he underwent heart surgery.
«Father of all populists»
Berlusconi was born on September 29, 1936, was initially a businessman and since 1994 has been Prime Minister of four Italian governments. He helped determine the fate of the country for more than two decades and was controversial throughout his life, but was also admired by many.
For the former head of government Mario Monti, Berlusconi was the “father of all populists”, he once called himself “Jesus Christ of politics”. Again and again there were allegations of conflicts of interest between his office and the media empire Mediaset, which he controls. He also had to face numerous lawsuits.
sda/odem; mcep
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