Former San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers has died after a battle with thyroid cancer. He was 56.
Friend and former agent Barry Axelrod told The Associated Press that Towers died Tuesday at a hospital. Towers' wife, Kelley, was at his side.
Axelrod said Towers was admitted to a hospital with fluid on his lungs a few days ago, and friends and family members thought he would be able to go home Tuesday.
Towers spent 14 seasons as the Padres' GM from 1995 to 2009 and helped build San Diego's 1998 team that reached the World Series.