Mehran Karimi Naseri, an Iranian political refugee who lived for more than 18 years at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and who inspired Steven Spielberg for his film “The Terminal”, died this Saturday in one of its terminals, a policeman told AFP. . airport fountain.
He died a natural death shortly before noon Saturday in Terminal 2F, the same source said.
After spending most of the money he received from the film, he was back at the airport a few weeks ago, the source added. He had several thousand euros with him.
Known as “Sir Alfred”, Mehran Karimi Naseri was born in 1945 in Masjed Soleiman in the Iranian province of Khuzestan. In November 1988 he had chosen a house in Roissy, north-east of Paris, after a long journey to find his mother, which had taken him to London, Berlin and Amsterdam.
In all destinations he was expelled by the authorities for lack of documents.
In 1999 he obtained refugee status in France and a residence permit.
In Roissy he had become an emblematic figure, the subject of numerous reports on French and foreign television and radio, before his cinematic consecration.
In 2004, Tom Hanks played his role in Steven Spielberg’s film “The Terminal”.
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