Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies aged 86 after years of health issues| ITV News

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died at San Raffaele hospital in Milan aged 86, according to Italian media reports.

Italian news agency LaPresse reported Berlusconi’s death after he was hospitalised on Friday for the second time in months for treatment of chronic leukaemia.

A state funeral will be held on Wednesday in Milan's Duomo cathedral, according to the Milan Archdiocese.

Berlusconi was hospitalised in Milan on April 5 with a lung infection stemming from the disease, said Dr Alberto Zangrillo, his personal physician.
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