Antonio “Tony” Mendez, the former CIA technical operations officer portrayed by Ben Affleck in the 2012 film Argo, has died aged 78.
His family says he will be buried in a private ceremony at the family graveyard in Nevada.
The story was captured on film in Argo, also directed by Affleck, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013.
His family and literary agent said Mendez died Saturday at an assisted-living centre in Frederick, Maryland.
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