Inspiration for the 2004 movie, 'The Terminal', passes away

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Iranian who made Paris airport home for 18 years dies

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who inspired a Hollywood film, died in Charles de Gaulle airport on Saturday.

www.bbc.com

An Iranian man who lived in a Paris airport for 18 years has died.
Caught in a diplomatic limbo, Mehran Karimi Nasseri made a small area of Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport his home in 1988.
His experience inspired the 2004 film, The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks.
Mr Nasseri was eventually given the right to live in France, but he ended up returning to the airport a few weeks ago, where he died of natural causes, an airport official told AFP.

RIP.

 

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The movie was alright. I feel that if they did a more straightforward adaptation it would’ve been better. The man’s story is pretty crazy without the embellishments.