John Nash, A Beautiful Mind has died in Tragic Car Crash

This morning it was announced that John Nash, famed mathemtician was killed on the New Jersey turnpike in a tragic car crash that claimed his life and that of his wife.

John Forbes Nash Jr., the Princeton University mathematician whose life story was the subject of the film "A Beautiful Mind," and his wife of nearly 60 years died Saturday in a taxi crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, police said.

Nash was 86. Alicia Nash was 82. The couple lived in Princeton Junction.

The Nashes were in a taxi traveling southbound in the left lane of the New Jersey Turnpike, State Police Sgt. Gregory Williams said. The driver of the Ford Crown Victoria lost control as he tried to pass a Chrysler in the center lane, crashing into a guard rail.

The Nashes were ejected from the car, Williams said.

The winner of the Nobel Prize in 1994 for economics, Professor Nash's struggles with schizophrenia are well documented, and were the subject of the film "A Beautiful Mind" in which the title character was played by Russell Crowe.

This somewhat personal for me, as I knew Professor Nash and his wife as frequent customers of my store.  

You will be missed.

7:34 AM PT: In honor of the memory of Professor John Nash, I want to thank you for placing this on the Recommended list.  His loss will be keenly felt by family, friends and colleagues alike.