Former Italian prime minister and billionaire Silvio Berlusconi died Monday at the age of 86, Italian media report, a media mogul and longtime fixture in Italian politics despite repeated scandals who passed away two months after reports emerged he had been diagnosed with leukemia.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/6486eac40e66393adafa0965/Silvio-Berlusconi/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=3156&amp;cropY1=0&amp;cropY2=1775" alt="Silvio Berlusconi" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion class="expandable" current="-1"><p class="color-body light-text">Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves to reporters as he arrives at the Chamber of Deputies <span class="plus" data-ga-track="caption expand">... [+]</span><span class="expanded-caption"> in Rome on February 9, 2021.</span></p></fbs-accordion><small>Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved</small></figcaption>

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>Berlusconi died in Milan at the San Raffaele hospital, according to Italian media cited by the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65877241" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65877241" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65877241" aria-label="BBC">BBC</a>, and no official cause for his death has yet been given.</p>  </div> <div class="key-facts-element"> <p><em>This story is breaking and will be updated.</em></p>  </div>


The billionaire was diagnosed with leukemia in April.{ai:summary}<p>Former Italian prime minister and media mogul, Silvio Berlusconi, has died at the age of 86. Despite numerous scandals, Berlusconi remained a fixture in Italian politics for years. #politics</p>

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Dies At 86

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