After The matematician gets the Abel Prize, on saturday night he was killed in a car accident.
Nash, 86, and his wife, 82-year-old Alicia were died when both of them were traveling in New Jersey.
Both victims were thrown out of the car, police said. Media reported that they probably are not using a seat belt when the accident occurred. Taxi drivers, and other car drivers were also injured in the accident.
Mathematician is renowned for its expertise in the field of game theory and never won the Nobel Prize for economics in 1994.
Breakthroughs in mathematics - and his fight against schizophrenia - into focus in the film that was released in 2001.
Russel Crow, the actor who plays the role, writing on Twitter :, "Shocked ... I grieve for John and Alicia and their families. Remarkable collaboration. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts. "
The film's director, Ron Howard, also wrote on Twitter about his praise for John Nash is "brilliant" and his wife were "exceptional".
Alicia Nash is known for taking care of her husband, and both went on to become a leading mental health advocates.
source: BBC.co.uk