The protagonist of a real-life incident that impressed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg to make his film “The Terminal,” died on the age of 77 on the terminal he lived for 18 years.
“(Mehran Karimi) Nasseri was pronounced lifeless by the airport medical group at Terminal 2F and had died of pure causes,” CNN reported on Saturday, citing a spokesperson for the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.
Nasseri, reportedly born in 1945 to an Iranian-British household, was trapped at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport’s worldwide no-man’s-land in 1988 as he didn’t have correct documentation.
Nicknamed Sir Alfred, Nasseri lived on the airport till 2006, when he was hospitalized. After being discharged from the hospital, he was housed in a Paris shelter in 2008, in line with stories.
He had been dwelling on the airport once more in current weeks till his demise on noon Saturday, the stories added, noting that Nasseri at all times stored his baggage by his aspect, studying and taking notes in his diary throughout his time on the airport.
Nasseri’s scenario impressed Steven Spielberg’s 2004 “The Terminal” starring Tom Hanks as Viktor Navorski, an Eastern European man caught at a New York airport when a army coup in his native nation prevents him from returning.
