Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who overcame sex scandals and accusations of corruption, passed away at the age of 86.
Italian media reported that he passed away at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan.
He had treatment in April for a lung infection connected to an unreported diagnosis of persistent leukaemia.
Before 2011, Berlusconi, a flamboyant billionaire media magnate, presided over four administrations.
He led the center-right Forza Italia party which went into coalition under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after elections in September, when he was himself elected to Italy’s upper house, the Senate.
