PARIS (AP) — An Iranian antheral who lived for 18 years successful Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and inspired the Steven Spielberg movie “The Terminal” died Saturday successful the airport, officials said.
Merhan Karimi Nasseri died aft a bosom onslaught successful the airport’s Terminal 2F astir midday, according an authoritative with the Paris airdrome authority. Police and a aesculapian squad treated him but were not capable to prevention him, the authoritative said. The authoritative was not authorized to beryllium publically named.
Karimi Nasseri, believed to person been calved successful 1945, lived successful the airport’s Terminal 1 from 1988 until 2006, archetypal successful ineligible limbo due to the fact that helium lacked residency papers and aboriginal by choice, according to French media reports.
He had been surviving successful the airdrome again successful caller weeks, the airdrome authoritative said.
His saga inspired “The Terminal” starring Tom Hanks, and a French film.