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He passed away on Saturday, local time.
Karimi Nasseri was initially sent to Paris in 1988 after not obtaining the necessary documentation for gaining residency status in the UK, his intended final destination.
According to the British publication the , he was good mates with the airport workers and would frequently use the staff facilities to shower.
The whole time he lived at the airport he would sleep on a plastic red bench while he detailed his day-to-day life in his diary and read magazines.
He eventually left the airport in 2006 after experiencing health problems and was advised to recover in Paris at a shelter.
His story inspired the 2004 film starring , , and .
Nasseri reportedly copped a whopping $372,970 in exchange for Steven Spielberg’s production company Dreamworks to shoot the film loosely based on his life as per the .
He also inspired the 1994 French film which directly translated to “Fallen from the Sky”.
A less romantic translation led to the film being titled in the English-speaking world.
Rest in peace, Mehran.
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