What is Kevin Towers?
[[File:Kevin Towers 2007.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Towers in 2007]] '''Kevin S. Towers''' (November 11, 1961 – January 30, 2018) was an American executive. He worked with [[Major League Baseball]]. He served as the [[general manager (baseball)|General Manager]] of the [[San Diego Padres]] from 1995 to 2009 and for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] from 2010 to 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/2010/09/22/20100922arizona-diamondbacks-hires-new-gm-towers.html |title=Arizona Diamondbacks name Kevin Towers general manager |work=Arizona Republic |date=September 22, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref> He was born in [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]], [[Oregon]]. Towers died on January 30, 2018 in [[San Diego]], [[California]] of [[thyroid cancer]] at the age of 56.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2018/01/30/former-arizona-diamondbacks-gm-kevin-towers-dies-cancer/1078543001/ |title=Kevin Towers health: Former Padres, Diamondbacks GM, dies cancer 56 |work=The Arizona Republic |date=January 30, 2018 |access-date=January 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Gabe|last1=Lacques|title=Former Padres, Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers dies at 56|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/01/30/kevin-towers-dies-former-padres-diamondbacks-gm/1078560001/|access-date=January 30, 2018|work=USA Today|date=January 30, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.baseballamerica.com/execdb/?show=exec&eid=towerke01 Baseball America Executive Database] {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Towers, Kevin}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from thyroid cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in San Diego County]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Oregon]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Oregon]] [[Category:People from Medford, Oregon]]