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People gather outside home of ex-premier Giulio Andreotti who has died, aged 94

(6 May 2013) 1. Wide of apartment building where former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti lived 2. Police officer coming out of main door, another guarding entrance 3. Close of window of Andreotti's apartment 4. Police officer standing at entrance to building 5. Media outside apartment building 6. Wide of building, police car in foreground 7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Franco Carraro, Friend of Giulio Andreotti and former tourism minister in Andreotti government: "He was a statesman, a very human, civil person, respectful of the others. A great worker, a person who I think did good for our country. (Back) then, you could be in disagreement with his specific ideas, but he always deserved a lot of respect. (Question: Do you have any personal memories?) There are many personal memories and they are personal." 8. Wide of journalists surrounding Carraro 9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Lavinia Palma, local resident: "I hope this is the end of an era which, in my view for the country, was absolutely negative - I hope. I want a positive (future)." 10. Cutaway of cameraman 11. SOUNDDBITE (Italian) Silvana Gallino, owner of shop near Andreotti's home: "I am very sorry that Andreotti has died because he was a great politician." 12. Wide of media outside Andreotti's apartment building 13. Woman looking up at windows STORYLINE: Giulio Andreotti was one of post-war Italy's most powerful men. He helped draft the country's constitution after World War II, served as its premier seven times, and spent 60 years in parliament. As news spread of his death on Monday at 94, friends, neighbours and members of the public began to gather outside the apartment block in Rome where he lived. Still a senator-for-life, Andreotti had been in poor health recently and had been hospitalised a year ago for a heart condition. As Italy's eldest senator, he would have presided over the inaugural session of the new Senate in March, but was not well enough to attend. Among those gathered to pay tribute to the former prime minister outside his home on Monday was Franco Carraro, a sports manager and former tourism minister under one of Andreotti's governments at the end of the 1980s. "He was a statesman, a very humanly civil person, respectful of the others, a great worker, a person who I think did good for our country. (Back) then, you could be in disagreement with his specific ideas, but he always deserved a lot of respect," Carraro told reporters. Andreotti's political career was as varied as it was long, with posts covering everything from cinema to sports. Born in 1919, he once noted that he had outlived two other Italian phenomena that developed that same year: fascism and the precursor of his Christian Democrats, the Italian Popular Party. Many Italians loved him, many hated him, identifying with him the worst of the Italian political class. "I hope this is the end of an era which, in my view for the country, was absolutely negative," said one local resident. Andreotti was well-known for his political acumen, subtle humour and witty allusions. With sharp eyes, thin lips and a stooped figure, he was immediately recognisable to generations of Italians. Friends and foes alike admired his intellectual agility and his grasp of the issues. "He was a great politician," said local shopkeeper Silvana Gallino. Andreotti's rise in the Italian political scene mirrored the rise of Italy, which was emerging from two decades of Fascist dictatorship under Benito Mussolini. He remained there ever since. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...