The Terminal

2022 - 11 - 13

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Iranian who inspired 'The Terminal' dies at Paris airport (CTV News)

An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport and whose saga loosely inspired the Steven Spielberg film "The Terminal" died ...

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Iranian who inspired The Terminal film dies at Paris airport (Aljazeera.com)

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, 76, lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years and died of a heart attack in Terminal 2F.

He reportedly refused to sign them and ended up staying there several more years until he was hospitalised in 2006, and later lived in a Paris shelter. Navorski is dumped into the airportโ€™s international lounge and told he must stay there until his status is sorted out, which drags on as unrest in Krakozhia continues. Those who befriended him in the airport said the years of living in the windowless space took a toll on his mental state. He applied for political asylum in several countries in Europe, including the UK, but was rejected. He slept on a red plastic bench surrounded by boxes of newspapers and magazines and showered in staff facilities. He left Iran to study in England in 1974.

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Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the Iranian refugee who inspired The ... (Consequence)

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the Iranian man who lived in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport from 1998 to 2006 and inspired the Steven Spielberg film The Terminal, ...

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