Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dead at 86
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.5 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. |
| 0:06.6 | We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Monday, the 12th of June. |
| 0:10.8 | The master shoman and survivor of Italian politics, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, |
| 0:15.7 | has died at the age of 86. |
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| 1:07.0 | Before Donald Trump, there was Silvio Berlusconi, a flamboyant shoman, property magnet, |
| 1:17.7 | and media tycoon he dominated Italian politics for the best part of two decades, |
| 1:22.8 | winning three elections and becoming the longest-serving Prime Minister since the war. |
| 1:27.6 | Today, it was announced that Silvio Berlusconi had died at the age of 86, |
| 1:32.3 | and tributes have been coming in from around the world. |
| 1:35.2 | A right-wing populist, he was a divisive figure, infamous for his bonga-bonga parties, |
| 1:41.0 | and subjects of mockery on the global stage. |
| 1:44.5 | But he remained relevant in Italy, bouncing back from sex and corruption scandals, |
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