Inspiration for movie 'The Terminal' dies where it all began

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Start date Nov 14, 2022

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Nov 14, 2022

Man who lived in Charles de Gaulle airport for 18 years dies there

Iranian Mehran Karimi Nasseri inspired the Steven Spielberg film The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks

www.theguardian.com

An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport and inspired the 2004 Steven Spielberg film The Terminal died on Saturday in the airport, officials said.

I'm not sure I've seen the movie actually, so I might need to find somewhere to grab a copy. Interesting that he ended up passing away at the place where it all began.

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