Silvio Berlusconi dies | reactions and last minute live: “He never lacked courage, passion and tenacity”

Former Prime Minister of Italy and founder of the Mediaset group Silvio Berlusconi, a central figure in Italian politics in recent decades, died this Monday at the age of 86 in the Milan hospital where he had been hospitalized for several days, suffering from leukemia. Berlusconi’s health had worsened in recent months and concern increased in early April, when he was admitted to Milan’s San Raffaele hospital in intensive care. The divisive personality of the businessman and former leader has been pushed aside by his ideological rivals and the entire spectrum of Italian politics to express condolences and sorrow for who has been one of the most famous figures in the Republic of Italy in recent decades.