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Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies

The New York Times · 50m

Dick Button, Olympic legend and figure skating commentator, dies at 95

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champ was also an influential broadcaster for more than five decades.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 3h

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.

Hosted on MSN · 3h

Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95

Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, has died at age 95, according to The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing confirmation from his son and daughter.

U.S. News & World Report · 3h

Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies at 95

Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, died Thursday, said his son, Edward, who did not provide a cause. He was 95. As an entrepreneur and broadcaster, Button promoted skating and its athletes,

CEO of Skating Club of Boston speaks out

The Associated Press on MSN · 6h

Teens from a Boston skating club, their mothers, and coaches among passengers killed in air crash

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included athletes returning from the U.S.

The Boston Globe · 7h

What we know about the six plane crash victims with ties to Skating Club of Boston

The American Airlines mid-air collision that claimed 67 lives, included six people with ties to The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, which is the epicenter of the sport in the area.

6 with ties to Skating Club of Boston killed in DC plane crash

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

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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.

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Teen skating phenoms, ex-world champions among victims of Washington air crash

World champion figure skaters, a pilot planning his wedding and teenaged skaters seen as the "future of the sport" were among ...

4h

Skating Club of Boston has a glorious — and tragic — history

The club has been the standard-bearer for American figure skating for more than a century. On Thursday, it became the ...

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Members of U.S. figure skating community were on flight that collided with Army helicopter

"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure ...

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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 ...

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U.S. Figure Skating, based in Colorado Springs, mourns members killed in plane, helicopter collision

U.S. Figure Skating, which is based in Colorado Springs, is mourning the loss of several members, who were aboard the ...

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Watch: Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, others react to figure skating tragedy

Figure skating luminaries reacted Thursday to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of several youth figure skaters, ...

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