An 18-year-old Iranian man has died in an airport in Paris.
Since 1988, Mehran Karimi Nasri has made a small part of the Charles de Gaulle Airport his home. In t004, a movie called 'The Terminal' was made about his life, in which Tom Hanks played the lead role. He was eventually allowed to stay in France but returned to the airport some time ago. An airport official told AFP news agency that he died of natural causes. Born in the Khuzestan province of Iran in 1945, Nasri first came to Europe in search of his mother. He lived in Belgium for several years while being deported by the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Germany for not having valid immigration papers. He then moved to France where he made Terminal 2F of the airport his home.
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At the airport, they would sit on a bench surrounded by trolleys with their luggage. He spent his life here writing about his experiences in a notebook and reading books and newspapers. His story found a place in the international media after which famous film director Steven Spielberg caught his eye. He directed the film 'The Terminal' starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones. After the film's release, journalists flocked to him to discover the story behind the Hollywood film. At one point, Nasri, calling himself Sir Alfred, was giving up to six interviews a day, according to The Parisian newspaper. Despite being granted refugee status in 1999 and the right to reside in France, he remained at the airport until 2006. Then he was taken to the hospital due to illness, after which, according to Liberation newspaper, he started living in a hostel with the money he got from the film. According to an airport official, he returned to the airport a few weeks ago and stayed there until his death. The official said that he had several thousand euros at his death.
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