FORMER Italian premier and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi has died at the age of 86, Italian media has reported.
He was Italy’s longest-serving prime minister despite scandals over his sex-fuelled parties and allegations of corruption.
Italian news agency LaPresse reported Berlusconi’s death after he was taken to hospital on Friday for the second time in months to be treated for chronic leukaemia.
Berlusconi had previously been taken to hospital in Milan on April 5 with a lung infection stemming from the disease, said Dr Alberto Zangrillo, his personal physician.
He had suffered over the years from heart ailments and prostate cancer, and was also taken to hospital after a Covid-19 infection in 2020.
