Mathematician John Nash, who inspired ‘A Beautiful Mind’, killed in car crash: Police

The couple were in a taxi cab whose driver lost control and crashed into a guard rail, the network reported, citing state police. The Oscar award-winning film “A Beautiful Mind” starring Russell Crowe was loosely based on Nash’s longtime struggle with schizophrenia.

FILE – In this Oct. 11, 1994 file photo, Princeton University professor John Nash speaks during a news conference at the school in Princeton, N.J., after being named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for economics. Nash, whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind,” died in a car crash along with his wife in New Jersey on Saturday, May 23, 2015, police said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Crowe wrote on Twitter on Sunday that he was stunned by reports of the death of Nash and his wife, Alicia. “An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts,” he wrote on Twitter.

Nash, a Princeton University scholar, was awarded the Nobel Price for economics in 1994. John Nash was 86 and his wife was 82, according to ABC News, which reported the couple was living in Princeton, New Jersey.

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