Alicia Nash
Alicia Esther Nash (née Lardé Lopez-Harrison; January 1, 1933 – May 23, 2015) was a Salvadoran-American physicist. The wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., she was a mental-health care advocate, who gave up her professional aspirations to support her husband and son, who were both diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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| Born | Alicia Esther Lardé Lopez-Harrison January 1, 1933 San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Died | May 23, 2015 (aged 82) Monroe Township, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Children | 1 |
Her life with Nash was chronicled in the 1998 book, A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar, as well as in the 2001 film of the same title directed by Ron Howard, in which she was portrayed by Jennifer Connelly.
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