Silvio Berlusconi's death marks the end of an era for Italy

Silvio Berlusconi, Italian politician and entrepreneur Source: AAP / Vincenzo Izzo/Sipa USA

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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died, aged 86. He was hospitalised last week with a lung infection, and had also been suffering from leukaemia. The former prime minister was known as a flamboyant billionaire media tycoon, before he led four governments between 1994 and 2011.

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