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John Forbes Nash, R.I.P. – Cause of Death, Date of Death, Age and Birthday

The mathematician John Forbes Nash passed away at age 86, this age of death has to be considered impressive. What was the cause of death? Below is all you want to know regarding the death of John Forbes Nash and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Mathematician who is best known for his works in game theory and who was the subject of the 2001 Academy Award-winning film A Beautiful Mind. He had a well-known period of mental instability in his middle years, which was ultimately diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia. He shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994.

He married Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Lardé, a naturalized U.S. citizen from El Salvador, in 1957. They divorced in 1963, then re-married in 2001. He had two sons named John Charles Martin and John David Stier.

How did John Forbes Nash die?

John Forbes Nash's death was caused by traffic collision.

Information about the death of John Forbes Nash
Cause of deathTraffic Collision
Age of death86 years
ProfessionMathematician
BirthdayJune 13, 1928
Death dateMay 23, 2015
Place of deathMonroe Township, New Jersey, United States
Place of burialSaint Paul's Parish Cemetery Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA

Quotes by John Forbes Nash

I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium, and symptoms of schizophrenia.

John Forbes NashHow did John Forbes Nash die cause of death age of death

I can observe the game theory is applied very much in economics. Generally, it would be wise to get into the mathematics as much as seems reasonable because the economists who use more mathematics are somehow more respected than those who use less. That’s the trend.

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I can see there’s a connection between not following normal thinking and doing creative thinking. I wouldn’t have had good scientific ideas if I had thought more normally.

John Forbes NashHow did John Forbes Nash die cause of death age of death

It has had a tremendous impact on my life, more than on the life of most Prize winners, because I was in an unusual situation. I was unemployed at the time. I was in good health, but I had reached the age of 66 and beginning to get social security, but I didn’t have much of that. I had many years of unemployment before me.

John Forbes NashHow did John Forbes Nash die cause of death age of death

I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition… Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location.

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