Dick Button, Figure skating

Figure skating community mourns the loss of legend Dick Button in the wake of D.C. plane crash tragedy
Tragedy struck the figure skating community this week when 14 people traveling to D.C. from a national development camp were killed in a plane crash. The following day, skating legend Dick Button passed at 95.
Dick Button, daredevil ‘godfather’ of figure skating and Emmy-winning commentator, dies at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating and literally took the sport to new heights, died Thursday, US Figure Skating said. He was 95 years old.
Dick Button dies at 95: Olympic gold medalist was figure skating's superstar and professor
Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.
Dick Button, Olympic legend and figure skating commentator, dies at 95
The two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champ was also an influential broadcaster for more than five decades.
Dick Button, Olympic Figure Skating Champion and TV Analyst, Dead at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist who parlayed his figure skating success into a career as an Emmy-winning TV commentator, died on Thursday in North Salem, N.Y. Button’s children, Edward and Emily Button,
Dick Button, US figure skating pioneer, will always be 'godfather of this sport'
Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara Lipinski once said.
Dick Button Dies: Gold Medalist Who Became The Voice Of Olympic Figure Skating Was 95
Dick Button, the 2-time Olympic gold medalist and 5-time world champion who went on the become the voice of Olympic figure skating broadcasts, has died at 95.
Longtime Westchester Resident Dick Button, Figure Skating Champion, Popular Sportscaster, Dies
Dick Button, the first man to win two gold medals in figure skating at the Olympics, is being remembered as a popular sportscaster after his death at age 95.Button, a longtime New York resident, died at his Ice Pond Farm in Northern
Olympic figure skating icon, Dick Button, dies at 95
The two-time gold medalist continued to share his love for figure skating throughout his life, even becoming a TV analyst for the sport.
Dick Button dies at 95; men’s figure skating legend was well-known Olympic commentator
In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche sport ...
Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in ...