Italy's former PM Silvio Berlusconi dead at 86

's controversial former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86 after being admitted to hospital with leukaemia last week.

The billionaire businessman created Italy's largest media company before transforming the country's political landscape - while fending off multiple legal and sex scandals. His spokesman confirmed his death this morning.

Berlusconi - famed for his notorious 'bunga bunga' sex parties and previously owning Italian football club AC Milan - had been suffering from leukaemia 'for some time' and had recently developed a lung infection.

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