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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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 ...
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Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95
He was the winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships. A cause of death has not been provided ...
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 two-time Olympic gold medalist.
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 ...
Dick Button, dominant U.S. figure skating icon, dies at 95
Dick 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.