Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, dies at 86

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65877241

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Inori@lemmy.one · 24 pts · 3y

And nothing of value was lost

SirFredman@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 3y (1 reply)

One bunga bunga party too many, I guess.

kamenoko@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y

"Jeffrey Epstein will be the last one, we swear!" -- Rich Pedophiles

larchy@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 3y

Good. Putin next please.

givemeyourtoothbrush@lemmygrad.ml · 8 pts · 3y

Oh no. Anyway

hildegunst@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

In unrelated news, new gender neutral bathroom about to be opened in Italy

Noedel@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 3y (2 replies)

My favourite berlusconi moment was when a protestor bashed him in the face with a tiny replica of the colloseum.

dwindling7373@feddit.it · 5 pts · 3y

That would be a replica of "Duomo di Milano", the central church of Milan. The assaliant was mentally unstable so it wasn't as much a political statement as we'd like.

He still broke his nose though.

wes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

It was not the Colosseum, but the Milan cathedral.

LittleKerr@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

What a sad day for bunga bunga providers

gilbert31@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

Good riddance!

harpuajim@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y

The guy was a gangster through and through.

Protegee9850@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

Oh no! Anyways.

frippa@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y

Go bunga bunga in hell😈🍾🍾🍾

PorkrollPosadist@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y

Rob@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Crazy how long he was still active in politics. He could have retired ages ago…

AnagrammadiCodeina@feddit.it · 1 pts · 3y

Last 5 years or so he was more like a victim of his own power. I agree tho, he should have retired much more in advance but I guess too many people in his party needed a salary and he was the only one able to keep everyone together.

QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 3y

At last!

modulus@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Any ideas what the implications might be for the governing coalition? Any chances this will lead to some sort of trouble or realignment?

Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y

There are already 100 other Berlusconi like people trying to get the power like he had. One passing away doesn't change human nature.

FrankBullitt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Couldn't have happened to a better person.

AnagrammadiCodeina@feddit.it · 2 pts · 3y

Well, I have in mind a couple but yes, he was bad.

mrc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I’m Italian and I didn’t like him. Still his death hurts quite a bit. He’s been around since I was a child, he was always there (probably owning a media company helped). He was well loved by many thanks to owning AC MILAN.

The most similar thing I can think of was the death of Elizabeth II.

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