Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionals Learn more about Refinitiv Reuters home World Business Markets Sustainability Legal Breakingviews Technology Investigations More My View Register Europe By Emilio Parodi and Elvira Pollina June 12, 2023 9:19 AM UTC Updated ago Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi answers a journalist's questions during a news conference in Rome, Italy, December 30, 2004. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo MILAN, June 12 (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , a billionaire businessman who created Italy's largest media company before transforming the political landscape, died on Monday aged 86. Two members of the Italian government mourned his passing, with Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini calling him in a statement "a great man and a great Italian." Defence Minister Guido Crosetto wrote on Twit...