Berlusconi, who was 86, had been suffering from leukemia “for some time” and had recently developed a lung infection. He died on Monday, June 12.
He was hospitalised in 2020 after contracting COVID-19, describing it as “perhaps the most difficult ordeal of my life”.
In April 2023, doctors revealed he was in intensive care suffering from leukaemia and a lung infection.
He was admitted to a Milan hospital on Friday last weem for what aides said were pre-planned tests related to his leukemia.
Berlusconi’s Forza Italia political party was a coalition partner with current Premier Giorgia Meloni, a far-right leader who came to power last year, although he held no position in the government
Before his death, Berlusconi was at the helm of Forza Italia, the center-right party he created when he entered politics in the 1990s. Despite losing his tag as Italy's richest man in recent years, he still died a billionaire with multiple businesses investments in the media industry.
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