Washington: Katherine Johnson, one of the NASA mathematicians portrayed in the Oscar-nominated 2016 film Hidden Figures, died at the age of 101.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, NASA broke the news that a mathematician who worked on NASA's early space missions and was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the film Hidden Figures, about pioneering black female aerospace workers has passed away.
The space agency in a Monday morning tweet said it celebrates her 101 years of life and her legacy of excellence and breaking down racial and social barriers.