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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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Russell Crowe 'stunned' at death of John Nash

Russell Crowe was nominated for an Oscar for his role in A Beautiful Mind. Credit: Reuters

Russell Crowe has said he was "stunned" to hear of the death of John Nash, the mathematician who he portrayed in the film A Beautiful Mind.

The actor tweeted: "My heart goes out to John & Alicia [Nash's wife who was also killed in a car crash]. An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts."

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