Paris, the Iranian refugee who inspired Steven Spielberg’s “The Terminal” died at the airport

Mehran Karimi Nasserian Iranian political refugee who lived over 18 years at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and inspired director Steven Spielberg for his film The Terminal, died today in the airport where he had spent years of his life. This has been learned from airport sources. Nasseri, 76, died of natural causes in Terminal 2F.