# Berlusconi, ex-PM of Italy, dead at 86 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350 "2023-06-12T08:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/1 "2023-06-12T08:57:38Z")
Yeppers! > **[Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, dies at 86](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65877241.amp)** > > Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian PM who bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations, dies at 86 What a streak!! First Robert Hanssen, then Pat Robertson, then the Unabomber, and now this festering excuse for a human being. Is the Universe beginning to compensate us for all these awful years since 2016…? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/2 "2023-06-12T09:04:18Z")
There is plenty of work left to do, but 14 points in the celebrity death pool are nothing to sniff at. Not much more positive things come to mind regarding him. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/3 "2023-06-12T09:06:55Z")
In with the usual meme: Death: “Is Henry Kissinger even in this thing?” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/4 "2023-06-12T09:14:04Z")
Bunga bunga, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/5 "2023-06-12T13:15:35Z")
One side effect of having so many 70-somethings running the world is that 10 years later a lot of them check out. Good riddance to true human garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/6 "2023-06-12T13:20:34Z")
I hope they staked him just to be sure it sticks. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/7 "2023-06-12T15:13:06Z")
What a truly worthless pig of a man. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/8 "2023-06-13T01:07:28Z")
I remember one magazine cover, maybe the Economist, of an elaborate Roman orgy, with Berlusconi superimposed wearing modern clothes, straightening his tie before he leaves, with the caption « He told us to send the bill to a Frau Merkel. » ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350/9 "2023-06-13T02:35:36Z")
In Italy, making AC Milan into a decent team buys a degree of redemption.