Editing John Forbes Nash Jr. (section)

== Death ==
On May 23, 2015, Nash and his wife died in a car accident on the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township, New Jersey]] while returning home from receiving the [[Abel Prize]] in Norway. The driver of the taxicab they were riding in from Newark Airport lost control of the cab and struck a guardrail. Because neither were wearing seatbelts, both passengers were ejected and killed.<ref>[https://patch.com/new-jersey/woodbridge/report-cabbie-involved-fatal-turnpike-crash-began-driving-taxi-two-weeks-ago-0 Cabbie In Crash That Killed John Nash Began Driving Taxi Two Weeks Ago]</ref> At the time of his death, Nash was a longtime resident of New Jersey. He was survived by two sons, John Charles Martin Nash, who lived with his parents at the time of their death, and elder child John Stier.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://business.highbeam.com/62734/article-1P1-51401334/john-forbes-nash-may-lose-nj-home |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518131511/http://business.highbeam.com/62734/article-1P1-51401334/john-forbes-nash-may-lose-nj-home  |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |title=John Forbes Nash May Lose N.J. Home |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 14, 2002 |quote=West Windsor, N.J.:  John Forbes Nash Jr., whose life is chronicled in the Oscar-nominated movie ''A Beautiful Mind,'' could lose his home if the township picks one of its proposals to replace a nearby bridge. |access-date=February 22, 2011 |via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref>

Following his death, obituaries appeared in scientific and popular media throughout the world. In addition to their obituary for Nash,<ref name="NYT death">{{cite news |first=Erica |last=Goode |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/science/john-nash-a-beautiful-mind-subject-and-nobel-winner-dies-at-86.html |title=John F. Nash Jr., Math Genius Defined by a 'Beautiful Mind,' Dies at 86 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 24, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' published an article containing quotes from Nash that had been assembled from media and other published sources. The quotes consisted of Nash's reflections on his life and achievements.<ref name="NYT quotes">{{cite news |title=The Wisdom of a Beautiful Mind |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/25/science/john-nash-quotes.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 25, 2015 |date=May 24, 2015}}</ref>