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Italy is preparing to bid farewell to Silvio Berlusconi with a state funeral to be held today at 3pm in the Duomo and will be celebrated by the city's archbishop Mario Delpini.
The security measures put in place for the occasion are numerous as Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, at least 32 government officials will arrive in the city on a state flight from Linate. Foreign heads of state will also be present, including the Hungarian Viktor Orban.
Next, in Piazza Duomo, which will be cordoned off from 10am today and guarded by law enforcement like the entire area.
A crowd of 2,000 selected dignitaries will be allowed to attend, while two giant monitors will be placed in the Duomo square.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died at the age of 86 in Milan. The media mogul, who led three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011 and whose Forza Italia party suffered from leukemia for some time.
Berlusconi was one of Italy's most prominent politicians, making a political comeback in 2017. He spent six weeks in Milan's San Raffaele hospital this spring, undergoing treatment for a lung infection linked to chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, before to be readmitted.
Born in Milan in 1936 to a middle-class family, Berlusconi began his business career in property development before going on to found Mediaset, Italy's largest commercial broadcaster. He also owned AC Milan football club between 1986 and 2017.
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