A sign reading: "Thanks Biagi, Life teacher" hangs near the body of Enzo Biagi as he lies in state at the 'Capitanio' hospital in downtown Milan November 6, 2007. A nun prays near the body of Enzo Biagi as he lies in state at the "Capitanio" hospital in downtown Milan. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY) 

A nun prays near the body of Enzo Biagi as he lies in state at the "Capitanio" hospital in downtown Milan November 6, 2007. Biagi, the veteran Italian journalist who publicly clashed with Silvio Berlusconi ahead of his election as prime minister in 2002, has died at the age of 87, a source at the clinic where he was staying said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY) 

Carla (2nd R) and Bice (3rd R) pay their respects to the body of their father Enzo Biagi as he lies in state at the "Capitanio" hospital in downtown Milan November 6, 2007. Enzo Biagi, the veteran Italian journalist who publicly clashed with Silvio Berlusconi ahead of his election as prime minister in 2002, has died at the age of 87, a source at the clinic where he was staying said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY)