On 12 June 2023, former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi died at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, aged 86, due to complications from a severe form of chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia.

In April 2023, Berlusconi was hospitalised at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan,[4] and was treated in intensive care, after suffering breathing problems,[5][6] due to severe pneumonia caused by a form of leukaemia.

[11][12] The following day, a requiem Mass in memory of the deceased was celebrated in the chapel by Father Giandomenico Colombo, priest in charge of Arcore and private chaplain of the mansion, at the presence of relatives and close friends.

[24][25] After the religious ceremony, Berlusconi's body was brought back to Villa San Martino; he was then transferred to the Tempio Crematorio Valenziano Panta Rei in Valenza, where he was cremated.

His ashes were then interred in the Chapel of Saint Martin in the mansion grounds, close to the resting place of his parents Luigi and Rosa, and his sister Maria Antonietta.

[90] Several world football figures also dedicated a comment; Paolo Maldini said: "A genius, visionary and dreamer leaves us, but above all a friend who changed the history of our Italy.

A woman showed up in the square in front of the Milan Cathedral wearing a T-shirt stating Io non sono in lutto ("I am not mourning"); she was heavily contested by Berlusconi's supporters and eventually removed by the Polizia di Stato.

"[25] He was harshly criticised by centre-right politicians and by Matteo Renzi (leader of Italia Viva and editor of Il Riformista), who called for his resignation on the grounds that the rector could be indicted for not observing public orders.

[95] Rosy Bindi, a former member of the PD who was often the target of Berlusconi's sexist jibes, said that the national day of mourning was "disrespectful toward the majority" who opposed him.