CNN'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash, wife killed in car crashCNN(CNN) John Forbes Nash Jr., the famed mathematician and inspiration for the film "A Beautiful Mind," and his wife died in a car crash Saturday in New Jersey, according to state police. Nash, 86, and wife Alicia Nash, 82, were riding in a taxi near Monroe ...Mathematician who inspired 'A Beautiful Mind' killed in auto accident: mediaReutersJohn F.