Calabria Governor Jole Santelli died
overnight at her home in Cosenza, sources said on Thursday.
She was 51.
Santelli was said to have suffered a bad turn during the night.
She had been fighting cancer for several years.
A member of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, Santelli led
a centre-right coalition to victory in regional elections in
Calabria in February.
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