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A significant police presence stands outside San Raffaele hospital in Milan after former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died aged 86, his spokeperson confirmed to AFP Monday. The billionaire media mogul, who reshaped Italy's political and cultural landscape while fending off multiple legal and sex scandals, was admitted to the hospital on Friday for what aides said were pre-planned tests related to his leukemia. IMAGES
The coffin of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives at the Duomo di Milano for the late leader's funeral service. Thousands gathered in the northern Italian city on Wednesday to say goodbye to Berlusconi, who died on Monday at the age of 86. IMAGES
Preparations are underway on Duomo square in Milan, as Italy prepares to bid farewell to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died on Monday, aged 86. Thousands of people are expected to attend the billionaire media mogul's state funeral which will be held in the city's Gothic Duomo cathedral and shown live on big screens on the square. IMAGES
Images of tributes to Silvio Berlusconi on the Milan headquarters of MFE-MediaForEurope, formerly known as Mediaset. In the 1970s, national private TV channels were banned in Italy but Berlusconi got round this rule by buying up local channels, on which he broadcast the same programmes simultaneously. IMAGES
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is visited in hospital by his family, including his eldest daughter Marina, as his doctors say in a statement that he suffers from "chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia". Berlusconi was rushed into intensive care yesterday due to respiratory difficulties. IMAGES