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  • Russell Crowe Mourns John Nash, Man on Whom ‘A Beautiful Mind’ Character Was Based

    Russell Crowe Mourns John Nash, Man on Whom ‘A Beautiful Mind’ Character Was Based

    Russell Crowe is among many people mourning the death of John Nash. Crowe played a character in the film A Beautiful Mind that was based on Nash.

    John Forbes Nash, Jr. was a prominent mathematician, who suffered from schizophrenia later in his life. He was killed on Saturday in a car crash. He was 86. John Nash’s wife Alicia, who was 82, died in the crash as well.

    A Beautiful Mind won numerous Academy Awards back in 2002. In addition to Russell Crowe receiving a nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of John Nash, the film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Ron Howard), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly, who played Alicia Nash).

    Russell Crowe took to Twitter on Sunday morning to express his thoughts on the death of John Nash.

    Alicia and John Nash were traveling in a taxi in New Jersey when their cab hit a guardrail, and the couple was ejected from the car. Officials do not believe they were wearing seat belts. The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries, as did the operator of the other car.

    In addition to Russell Crowe and the film world, the academic world is mourning the passing of John Nash, too.

    If you’ve never seen Russell Crowe and John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, you are missing out on a stellar, beyond thought-provoking performance.

  • Alicia Nash And John Nash, Inspiration for “A Beautiful Mind”, Die In Car Accident

    Alicia Nash and her famous husband, John Nash, were killed in a car accident on their way home in a taxi on Saturday.

    John Nash and Alicia Nash were the inspiration behind the 2001 movie, A Beautiful Mind, which starred Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly as the couple.

    John Nash was 86 and Alicia Nash was 82.

    The story of John Nash and Alicia Nash, as was told in the movie, was one of love and perseverance.

    John Nash graduated from Princeton in 1950, wherein he received his doctorate with a dissertation on non-cooperative games. The thesis contained the theory that would later make John Nash famous, the Nash equilibrium.

    His rise in the academic world was parallel with the deepening of his mental illness, which began appearing in 1959 while Alicia Nash was pregnant with their first son.

    John and Alicia Nash divorced in 1963 after struggling to battle his mental issues together. Nash’s schizophrenia began to disappear through the 70s and 80s, as, he said, he “gradually began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking.”

    Several years later, they moved back in together and they remarried in 2001.

    Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber said of John and Alicia Nash, “John’s remarkable achievements inspired generations of mathematicians, economists, and scientists who were influenced by his brilliant, groundbreaking work in game theory, and the story of his life with Alicia moved millions of readers and moviegoers who marveled at their courage in the face of daunting challenges.”

    Such a great story.