Dick Button, 2-Time Olympic Champion, Dies at 95, Less Than 24 Hours After Figure Skating Community Mourns D.C. Plane Crash Deaths
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's figure skating (1948 and 1952), has died at age 95. He was also ...
Richard Button, dominant U.S. figure skating icon, dies at 95
Richard Button, who won figure skating gold for Team USA in 1948 and 1952 before going on to star as a commentator, has died, his family announced. He was 95.
Dick Button, 95, Figure Skating Champion and TV Commentator, Dies
He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a ...
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Dick Button, daredevil ‘godfather’ of figure skating and Emmy-winning commentator, dies at 95
The tragedy stirred memories of the 1961 plane crash that killed the entire US world figure skating team, including many of Button’s peers. Born Richard Totten Button on July 18, 1929 ...
Skating icon and Olympic trailblazer Richard 'Dick' Button dies at 95
The winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York ...
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Dick Button, Westchester resident and first figure skater to win gold for U.S., dead at 95
Button, who spent over 30 years of his life as a Westchester resident, was born Richard Totten Button in 1929 in Englewood, N.J. He started skating at the age of six and began training ...
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Skating icon and Olympic trailblazer Richard 'Dick' Button dies at 95
NEW YORK — Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s great innovators and promoters, the man responsible not only for ...