Bloomberg Quicktake published this video item, entitled “Funeral Held for Former Italy Prime Minister Berlusconi” – below is their description.
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi was honored Wednesday with a state funeral in Milan’s Duomo cathedral and a day of national mourning as his legacy — positive or negative — was being hotly debated among Italians.
Thousands of people outside the Duomo, including fans from Berlusconi’s beloved AC Milan soccer club, erupted in applause as a sign of respect as his rose-draped casket came out of the Duomo accompanied by Italy’s presidential guards.
The coffin was followed by his family and representatives of the government, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
They gathered alongside Berlusconi’s children and companion, who openly wept and kissed the casket.
They also thanked the crowd before leaving.
Most Italians identify Berlusconi, a media mogul, soccer entrepreneur and three-time former premier, as the most influential figure in Italy over recent decades.
But they remain sharply divided on whether his influence was for the better or worse, extending to whether the three-time former premier merits all the fuss and ceremony.
Berlusconi died at the age of 86 on Monday in a Milan hospital where he was being treated for chronic leukemia.
His family held a private wake Tuesday at one of Berlusconi’s villas near Milan, the city where he made his billions as the head of a media empire before entering politics in 1994.
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