A Beautiful Mind' Mathematician John Nash and His Wife Killed in Car Crash

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Princeton University mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John Nash, whose life was the subject of the film “A Beautiful Mind,” was killed in a taxi crash along with his wife in New Jersey on Saturday.

Nash and Alicia Nash were in a taxi on the New Jersey Turnpike when the driver lost control and crashed into a guard rail, said New Jersey State Police Sgt. Gregory Williams. Nash was 86; his wife was 82.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/john-nash-beautiful-mind-mathematician-wife-killed-jersey/story?id=31268512

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How sad.

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Wear seatbelts, even in taxis.

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Very sad. My heart goes out to their families.

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Oh, my goodness, how sad. Why on earth don’t people wear seatbelts?!

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Awful and sad.
I knew his general story, but not the most recent chapter where they reconciled and became advocates for mental health issues. Do to that at that age, when they have gone through so much themselves, is truly a wonderful thing.

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So sad but I don’t understand why people don’t wear seat belts, either.

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Couldn’t agree more. There are many taxi and limo drivers who have no clue what they’re doing.

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I have to admit I never put on seatbelts in taxis. This may change, now.

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I always wear seatbelts even for taxis but I think particularly for NYC taxis.

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Very sad.
I always wear seat belts and especially in taxis, they are nuts!
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I think the King of Norway is still here, he came to dedicate a mural and deliver a commencement address.

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How awful and sad.

Once a taxi driver scolded us for looking for seatbelts. He was offended that we did not trust his driving skills! Oh my. I would have walked instead of being driven by this ass, but Mr. calmly reminded him that no matter how good someone’s driving skills were, they would not help if a crazy driver decided to make a wrong turn into his cab.

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It looks like they weren’t wearing seat belts since both were ejected from the taxi. Very sad.

My sorority big sister was killed in a car crash the same way…not wearing seat belts, ejected from the car. It was a shocking reminder to us all.

does it say whether the driver was hurt?

I wonder why no charges? Would it be likely that he was speeding or texting or dialing if he “lost control”?

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Do you think when people get older they forget things? Could it be in this case?

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I think sometimes when people get into taxis, their minds think they’re getting on a bus (which often does not have seat belts.)

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So sad. I also ALWAYS wear seatbelts. We lost Bob Simon too because he didn’t wear his seatbelt.

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Tragic.

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Seems like every time I get into a cab in NYC the seat belts don’t work.

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A lot of people have been very seriously injured in NYC cabs because of the lack of seatbelts. There was an outcry about it years ago, and I think things improved somewhat. But probably not enough.

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Why isn’t there a law already to make sure seat belts work otherwise the cab can’t be operated.