Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died on Monday at the age of 86, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Silvio Berlusconi was admitted to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan a week ago due to pneumonia derived from leukemia that he had suffered for several years.
The former head of the Italian Government was admitted to intensive care, but in April he reappeared in public stating that he was ready to return to “reorganize Forza Italia” and return to the political struggle.
Nicknamed “the immortal” for his longevity in politics, Silvio Berlusconi was three times Prime Minister of Italy, led the political party Forza Italia and was director of Mediaset, one of the most important media empires in Italy and Europe, among other large companies. for the Italian economy.
Health problems have continued in recent years, mainly due to respiratory infections. In April 2021, Berlusconi was hospitalized for more than three weeks for “aftermath of Covid-19”, which he contracted in September 2020.
In 2019, the former prime minister underwent surgery for intestinal obstruction and in 2016 he underwent surgery for severe heart failure, already depending on a ‘pacemaker’ since 2006.
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Source: TSF
