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00:30The government collapsed and Berlusconi went on trial for bribing tax inspectors.
00:35He was found guilty and sentenced to jail, but later acquitted.
00:39It was a taste of things to come.
00:41In 2001, Berlusconi was back running the country,
00:45his tenure marked by more than 400 corruption investigations and eight trials.
00:50At 67, he had a facelift and hair transplant,
00:53insisting a youthful appearance made him a better ambassador for Italy.
00:57But it did little for his health.
01:01He fainted on stage because of an irregular heartbeat and had surgery in the US.
01:08He was hospitalised again after a man threw a souvenir of Milan Cathedral at him,
01:13breaking his nose and teeth.
01:15Berlusconi's third term in office was marked by a series of sex scandals
01:19and political foot-in-mouth moments.
01:21He likened the emergency tent city for survivors of the L'Aquila earthquake to a weekend of camping.
01:28And there was this about the US president.
01:30What is his name?
01:32Just a minute.
01:32It was someone with a tan.
01:34Barack Obama.
01:36Berlusconi was also a flirt, to say the least.
01:38You are so good, I am almost forced to invite you for some Boonga Boonga.
01:45And it seemed he did that a lot.
01:47Berlusconi faced allegations of inappropriate relationships with teenage models,
01:52call girls paid to go to parties at his home,
01:55a trial for alleged sex with an underage prostitute,
01:59and a divorce from his second wife.
02:01Still, Berlusconi would shrug it off with his trademark provocative style.
02:06It's better to like beautiful girls than to be gay.
02:11He never seemed afraid of offending, even playing up behind the Queen.
02:15She was not amused.
02:17And right to the very end, those wandering eyes were always on the lookout.
