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His autobiography was published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004. Nasseri's story inspired the 1993 film Lost in Transit and the 2004 film The Terminal. He returned to living at the airport in September 2022, and died there of a heart attack in November 2022.
Nov 12, 2022 · Merhan Karimi Nasseri lived for 18 years in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport and inspired the Steven Spielberg film The Terminal. He died Saturday in the airport, officials said.
Jun 20, 2024 · The Terminal was inspired by the true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian national who spent 18 years living in France's Charles de Gaulle airport. The movie fictionalized...
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Dec 5, 2023 · The Terminal was inspired by the true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who lived in an airport terminal for 18 years. The movie, while based on Nasseri's story, fictionalizes many aspects and changes the setting to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.
Nov 13, 2022 · Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who lived for 18 years in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and whose intriguing tale inspired the 2004 Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal,” died...
Nov 14, 2022 · Mehran Karimi Nasseri was an Iranian national who lived at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years. He died over the weekend at the age of 77. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has his story.
Dec 23, 2018 · Stranger than fiction — the true story behind the movie The Terminal. A Syrian refugee who lived at a Malaysian airport for seven months was recently granted asylum in Canada. But before the...
