A Beautiful Mind Mathematician John Nash, Wife Dead in Car Accident

Famed economist and mathematician John Nash, whose career was portrayed in the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, and his wife Alicia Nash died in car accident on the New Jersey turnpike Saturday.

Per NewJersey.com, the Nashes’ taxi driver lost control while trying to pass another car, crashing into the center rail and ejecting the Nashes. Nash was 86; Alicia 82.

Nash won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994 for his work on complex game theory, which had implications in everything from mathematics to biology. He also struggled with paranoid schizophrenia, with Alicia largely serving as his caretaker. He was a professor at Princeton at the time of his death, and Mediaite heartily recommends a trip through his website.

Russell Crowe, who portrayed Nash in the film, tweeted in response:

Stunned…my heart goes out to John & Alicia & family. An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts. https://t.co/XF4V9MBwU4

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) May 24, 2015

[h/t NewJersey.com]

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