Ex premier Silvio Berlusconi died at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital on Monday aged 86, sources close to the family have said.
His brother Paolo and his children Marina, Eleonora, Barbara and Pier Silvio are all at the hospital where the leader of Forza Italia was admitted on Friday, reportedly for scheduled tests for his previously undisclosed chronic leukemia.
He returned to the Milan hospital less than a month after spending 45 days there for treatment for a lung infection related to the leukemia, including 16 days in intensive care.
His death made instant headlines all over the world.