Adan Manzano’s colleagues at KGKC Telemundo Kansas City praised him as a “true professional and rising star” in NFL media.

Adan Manzano, whose wife died in a car crash less than a year ago, was a sports anchor for a Kansas City outlet.

The 27-year-old’s death comes less than a year after the death of his wife, Ashleigh Boyd, who was involved in a car accident on April 11, 2024, in Topeka, Kansas. According to an obituary for Boyd, she and Manzano shared a daughter, who was 15 months old at the time of Boyd’s death.