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.