Silvio Berlusconi, a media mogul and the longest-serving
Italian prime minister in the post-war era, died at age 86 on June 12, 2023, in Milan,
Italy. Born in September 29, 1936 in Milan, starting in 1973, Berlusconi first
entered the media world by setting up a small cable television company,
TeleMilano, to service units built on his Segrate properties. It began
transmitting in September the following year. TeleMilano was the first Italian
private television channel and later evolved into Canale 5, the first national
private TV station. Berlusconi built media group Fininvest into a national
force, importing American shows like 'Baywatch' to Italy. He entered politics
in the 1990s and was first elected prime minister of Italy in 1994. He was
convicted of bribing a former senator in 2015. In 1978, Berlusconi founded his
first media group, Fininvest, and joined the Propaganda Due masonic lodge. In
the five years leading up to 1983, he earned some 113 billion Italian lire (€58.3
million). The funding sources are still unknown because of a complex system of
holding companies, despite investigations conducted by various state attorneys.
The three-time prime minister was convicted of tax fraud in 2014 and was
initially banned from running for political office until 2019. An Italian court
lifted the ban in May 2018, and Berlusconi won a seat in the European
Parliament the following year. In September 2022, he returned to the Italian
Senate. His fortune, which he shared with his five children, included stakes in
media, publishing and banking firms. Berlusconi produced “Lucky Luke the Movie”
(1991); ‘Lucky Luke the Series’ (TV) (1991-92); “Call of the Wild” (1992), “Jonathan
of the Bears” (1994).
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