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Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies

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.

LA Times on MSN · 17m

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 into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 1h

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.

U.S. News & World Report · 1h

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,

14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash

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DC Plane Crash: Sports Figures, Teams React to Tragedy That Rocked Figure Skating

Magic Johnson, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton and others from the sports world reacted on social media to the tragic D.C. airplane crash Thursday.

The Associated Press on MSN · 8h

Plano’s Amber Glenn, figure skating community ‘heartbroken’ by Washington plane crash

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among the community within the sport devastated by the news. “I’m in complete shock. I’m sorry I don’t even know what to say,” Glenn posted to Instagram on Thursday morning.

USA Today · 6h

DC plane crash: Who was Christine Lane? RI mom was traveling with figure skater son

Christine Lane of Barrington was among the victims of a plane crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. She was traveling with her son, 16-year-old Spencer Lane,

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NBC Sports · 7h

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 Skating.

NBC New York · 8h

Members of Mass. figure skating club were aboard crashed American Airlines flight

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov joined the staff at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2017.

The Associated Press – Sports … · 13h

Teen figure skaters and their coaches, group of hunters and students among victims of air crash

The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather's funeral and a group of hunters headed back from a guided trip in Kansas.

Local figure skating community heartbroken after fatal aviation crash in Washington, D.C.

Among the 67 lives lost were top skaters from the United States and Russia, including several children, poised to become the ...

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Figure skating community mourns Washington D.C. plane crash victims: Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Nancy Kerrigan give emotional tributes

As news trickled out about the victims of the Washington D.C. plane crash, the figure skating community mourned several of ...

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14 linked to figure skating were on crashed airplane in D.C.

Fourteen members of the figure skating community were among the passengers on a jet that collided with an Army helicopter in ...

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European figure skating championships carry on, overshadowed by deadly mid-air collision in US

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an ...

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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.

WNY ice skating community reacts to Potomac crash

President Donald Trump began his White House briefing Thursday with a moment of silence and a prayer for victims of Wednesday ...

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