Berlusconi's body will be cremated before his ashes are taken to the family mausoleum in the grounds of his villa in the northern town of Arcore, about 20km northeast of Milan, a family source said
Many of them were waving Forza Italia flags, his political party.
But the man - who started as a cruise ship crooner, went on to become a property and media baron and four times prime minister - was hugely controversial.Silvio Berlusconi was a unique political talent and would be a forerunner for right wing populists to come. Using his skill as an orator and his media power he created a cult of personality and became an electoral juggernaut.
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