Benito Mussolini – life and death in photos

by | 1st, February 2013

ACCORDING to his re-thatched stunt double, Silvio Berlusconi, Benito Mussolini should be praised for the “good things” he did for Italy. Sure, Il Duce was into genocide, murder, exile, a terrible war that led to the deaths and abuse of millions, mustard gas (in Ethiopia) and torture, but what that man did for the self-esteem of short, bald Italians, Silvio would like noted in the history books. We’ve trawled the archives, and now bring you gallery of the Nazi-loving man’s life – and death hanging from a lamp-post. Silvio would most likely call it a tribute to Benito’s light touch and radiance…

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Edda Mussolini, daughter of Benito Mussolini, with her husband Count Galeazzo Ciano, photographed at the Vatican in Rome, Italy around Sept. 11, 1930, after being received in audience by the Pope. They have recently returned from their honeymoon. (AP Photo)



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