Mussolini's son dies

Romano Mussolini, a jazz musician and painter who was a son of Italy’s World War II dictator Benito Mussolini, has died, his daughter said today.

Mussolini, 78, who had been in hospital for more than two weeks with kidney and gall bladder problems, died this morning, according to the website of his daughter’s political party. The daughter, Alessandra Mussolini, leads a small right-wing political movement.