'A Beautiful Mind' Inspiration John Nash Passes Away

"Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart." - goes a line attributed to the protagonist of the brilliant film A Beautiful Mind inspired by the life of US Mathematician John Forbes Nash. Sadly the real life inspiration John Nash is more in our midst.

John Nash, a Nobel Prize laureate was killed in an auto accident along with his wife in New Jersey on Sunday.

The couple were in a taxi cab whose driver lost control and crashed into a guard rail, as per reports.

The Oscar award-winning film A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crowe was loosely based on Nash's longtime struggle with schizophrenia.

Crowe on receiving the news posted on his Twitter handle on Sunday that he was stunned by reports of the death of Nash and his wife, Alicia.

"Stunned...my heart goes out to John & Alicia & family.An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.", he wrote on Twitter.

The film's director, Ron Howard, also tweeted his tribute to the "brilliant" John Nash and his "remarkable" wife.

Ron tweeted: "RIP Brilliant #NobelPrize winning John Nash & and his remarkable wife Alicia. It was an honor telling part of their story #ABeautifulMind."

Nash, a Princeton University scholar, was awarded the Nobel Price for Economics in 1994.

Reportedly, John Nash was 86 and his wife was 82, and the couple was living in Princeton, New Jersey.

RIP John Nash, you will be missed dearly.