Silvio Berlusconi

Italy declared a day of national mourning as the country said goodbye to the 86-year-old who died on Monday.

Italian news agency LaPresse reported Berlusconi’s death after he was hospitalised on Friday for the second time in months for treatment of chronic leukaemia.

The 86-year-old media mogul, who served three terms as Italy's premier and now serves in the Senate, was admitted to intensive care one day ago.