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Silvio Berlusconi, Ex-Italian Prime Minister and Media Magnate, Dies at 86

His outsize personality, wealth and news platform helped him control the conservative wing, but subsequent legal and sex scandals eroded his standing

Berlusconi capped a political comeback in 2022 with a return to Parliament as a senator. Andrew Medichini/Associated Press

By Eric Sylvers

and Manuela Mesco

Updated June 12, 2023 11:39 am ET

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister, a conservative who swept into power on a popular antigraft platform and stayed there for two decades with the help of his big personality, vast wealth and a powerful media empire before falling to a raft of scandals, has died. He was 86.

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