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On June 12 the former prime minister of Italy and former Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi died at the age of 86. For several years he had been suffering from a serious illness and eventually passed away in the hospital. Many remember Berlusconi not only as a politician, but also as an unrestrained debaucher.

Over the course of his life, Berlusconi was many things: a cruise-ship crooner, a media entrepreneur, Italys richest man, and its longest-serving postwar leader. Above all, he was a larger-than-life figure who polarised modern Italian society and politics like few before him.

Apart from his impact as a politician, the late Italian ex-PM had a lurid and colourful personal life.

Mr Berlusconi was one of the most extraordinary characters to come out of Italys often bizarre political landscape, with a string of scandals helping to make him a deeply divisive figure across the country.

Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86.

He was loved by many Italians despite his reputation for corruption, but his career eventually stalled in a succession of court cases

Milan: Former Italian Prime Minister and billionaire media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, who was hospitalized in Milan's San Raffaele hospital for scheduled follow-up tests for a blood condition last week, died aged 86, the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported on Monday.

The former Italian PM, who has died aged 86, ruffled a lot of feathers.

Silvio Berlusconi has died at the age of 86.

Italys former prime minister and billionaire media tycoon was the countrys longest serving prime minister, yet his reign was plagued with stain and scandal.