RIP John Nash, the mathematician whose earlier life was portrayed in a biography A Beautiful Mind, later turned into a film.
2015-05-24 John Nash Dead: 'A Beautiful Mind' Mathematician Killed In Car Accident
There's a MathOverflow thread discussing his mathematical legacy.
2015-05-24 John Nash Dead: 'A Beautiful Mind' Mathematician Killed In Car Accident
There's a MathOverflow thread discussing his mathematical legacy.