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Silvio Berlusconi made a “huge impact” on Italian politics, Downing Street said amid tributes to the former prime minister.
Italy’s longest-serving premier and media mogul has died aged 86, it was confirmed on Monday.
His political career was also marked by scandals over his sex-fuelled parties and allegations of corruption.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman offered a short tribute to the former Italian leader, saying: “Silvio Berlusconi made a huge impact on Italian politics over several decades and our thoughts are with the Italian people and his family.”
Italian news agency LaPresse reported Mr Berlusconi’s death after he was taken to hospital on Friday for the second time in months to be treated for chronic leukaemia.
Mr 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 doctor.
He had suffered over the years from heart ailments and prostate cancer, and was also treated in hospital after a Covid-19 infection in 2020.
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