Nicole Hazen, wife of Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen, dies at 45 following cancer battle

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Nicole Hazen, the wife of Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen, died Thursday after a long battle with glioblastoma, the team confirmed. She was 45. 

The Diamondbacks issued a statement confirming Nicole Hazen’s passing following complications related to the rare form of brain cancer she was diagnosed with more than two years ago. 

"Nicole lived her life and loved her family with fierceness and devotion," the Hazen family said in a statement. "She spent every day in the service of others as a mother, wife and educator advocating for goodness.

Mike Hazen, former senior vice president/general manager of the Red Sox and his son Charlie (left) look over Fenway Park. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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"From our family, we remain forever grateful for the love, support and random acts of kindness bestowed upon us for the last two years and four months. We would not have been able to walk down this road, with her, without the help and generosity of our community. Glioblastoma slowly took her capacity to speak, walk, talk and lead but never took her capacity to love her children, family and friends. We are lost without her but will carry the torch of her unyielding empathy for everyone forward, from this day onward."

Mike Hazen took a leave of absence in 2021 to care for his wife and their four children. 

General manager Mike Hazen of the Arizona Diamondbacks addresses the media at Chase Field Oct. 10, 2017, in Phoenix, Ariz.  (Sarah Sachs/Arizona Diamondbacks/Getty Images)

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"Nicole was a beloved member of the