The Legacy of Silvio Berlusconi: Honored, Influential, and Controversial.

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was honored with a state funeral in Milan's Duomo cathedral and a day of national mourning, as his legacy was being hotly debated among Italians. Berlusconi, a media mogul, soccer entrepreneur, and three-time former premier, died at the age of 86 on Monday in a Milan hospital where he was being treated for chronic leukemia. Berlusconi's detractors' list of political damage is long, including conflicts of interest relating to his media empire, dozens of trials mostly for business dealings, revelations of sex-fueled bunga-bunga parties at his villa near Milan, and questionable associations, including his enduring friendship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.