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'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash dies in car accident

Nobel Prize winning mathematician John Nash, who inspired the movie "A Beautiful Mind," has been killed in a car accident with his wife Alicia in New Jersey.

The couple were in a taxi cab whose driver lost control and crashed into a guard rail,and hit another car.

The driver survived and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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A Beautiful Mind director Ron Howard in Nash tribute

Ron Howard Credit: Reuters

The director of A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard has paid tribute to John Nash and his wife Alicia, who died when their taxi crashed into a guard rail in New Jersey.

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