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| John Nash, mathematician portrayed in A Beautiful Mind, dies in taxi crash at 86 | John Nash, mathematician portrayed in A Beautiful Mind, dies in taxi crash at 86 |
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| Related: Sylvia Nasar on John Nash | Related: Sylvia Nasar on John Nash |
| John Nash, the Nobel prize-winning mathematician whose life story inspired the film A Beautiful Mind, was killed with his wife Alicia in taxi cab crash in New Jersey on Saturday night, police said. | John Nash, the Nobel prize-winning mathematician whose life story inspired the film A Beautiful Mind, was killed with his wife Alicia in taxi cab crash in New Jersey on Saturday night, police said. |
| Nash, 86, was senior research mathematician at Princeton University in New Jersey. He and Alicia, 82, were traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike when their driver lost control, NJ.com quoted state police sergeant Gregory Williams as saying. The cab hit a guardrail and the couple were thrown from the vehicle. | |
| The cab driver and a passenger in a second vehicle were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to reports. | The cab driver and a passenger in a second vehicle were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to reports. |
| John and Alicia Nash married in 1957 and divorced in 1963. They remarried in 2001. | John and Alicia Nash married in 1957 and divorced in 1963. They remarried in 2001. |
| Russell Crowe, who starred as Nash in director Ron Howard’s 2001 movie, which won four Academy Awards including best picture, tweeted his condolences on Sunday morning. | Russell Crowe, who starred as Nash in director Ron Howard’s 2001 movie, which won four Academy Awards including best picture, tweeted his condolences on Sunday morning. |
| “Stunned … my heart goes out to John & Alicia & family,” Crowe wrote. “An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.” | “Stunned … my heart goes out to John & Alicia & family,” Crowe wrote. “An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.” |
| Nash was awarded the Nobel prize in economics in 1994 for his work on game theory. He was first diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in the 1950s. | Nash was awarded the Nobel prize in economics in 1994 for his work on game theory. He was first diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in the 1950s. |
| Last week, he received a $500,000 Abel prize, one of the top lifetime achievement honours in mathematics, with the New York University mathematician Louis Nirenberg. The prize was given for the two men’s work on partial differential equations, which are used to describe change, movement and velocity. | Last week, he received a $500,000 Abel prize, one of the top lifetime achievement honours in mathematics, with the New York University mathematician Louis Nirenberg. The prize was given for the two men’s work on partial differential equations, which are used to describe change, movement and velocity. |
| Nirenberg said Nash was a truly great mathematician and “a kind of genius”. | Nirenberg said Nash was a truly great mathematician and “a kind of genius”. |