In photos: Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s tarnished 3-time premier, dies at 86
Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died Monday, according to his television network. He was 86.
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks at the opening of his People of Freedom bloc congress in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2009.Remo Casilli/Reuters
In this file photo taken on April 02, 2009, G20 leaders (from L) US President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during the G20 summit at the ExCel centre, in east London.ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi smile as they stand near a huge fire in a wildlife preserve and recreation area near a residence of Zavidovo some 120 km north-west of Moscow, 03 February 2003.VIKTOR KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi smiles during the "Campus Mentis" (Brain Campus) award ceremony at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, Italy, April 8, 2011.Max Rossi/Reuters
Pope Benedict XVI is escorted by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Sept. 26, 2009 as he leaves for his pastoral trip to the Czech Republic from Ciampino Military airport, near Rome.Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press
AC Milan players and their chairman Silvio Berlusconi celebrate after winning the Berlusconi Trophy at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on August 21, 2011 in Milan, Italy.Claudio Villa/Getty Images
Silvio Berlusconi at a political rally before general elections in Rome, Sept. 22, 2022.GIOVANNI CIPRIANO/The New York Times News Service
Left is Karima El Mahroug of Morocco at the Karma disco in Milan November 14, 2010 and Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waving as he arrives for a meeting of the European People's Party in Brussels June 28, 2012. Berlusconi is on trial in Milan for allegedly paying for sex with teenaged nightclub dancer El Mahroug.Reuters
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi salutes as he arrives for a court hearing in Milan, Italy, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012.Gian Mattia D'Alberto/The Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the NATO Russia summit in the Pratica di Mare Italian Air Force base on the outskirts of Rome, on May 28, 2002.MARCO MERLINI/The Associated Press
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives for a meeting of the EPP at a hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria, Wednesday, May 16, 2018.Darko Vojinovic/The Associated Press
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien makes a point as he meets his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi (R) during a bilateral G7 summit meeting in the Palazzo Reale July 8, 1994.Peter Jones/The Associated Press
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper holds a bilateral meeting with Italy's President Silvio Berlusconi during the G8 Summit in Huntsville, Ont., on June 25, 2010.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves his supporters at S.Pietro a Patierno, a quarter of Naples during an electoral rally, Naples 19, May, 2006.MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images