16 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. as part of the Winter at the Plaza ... 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The duo also won the bronze medal four consecutive times at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships ...

He was 95. As an entrepreneur and broadcaster, Button promoted skating and its athletes, transforming a niche sport into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics. "Dick was one of the most important ...

“The two-time Olympic champion’s pioneering style and award-winning television commentary revolutionized figure skating,” U.S. Figure Skating said. “His legacy will live on foreve ...

Richard "Dick" Button was the first man to win two Olympic gold medals in figure skating Lawrence Yee joined PEOPLE in December 2023 as the Senior News Editor, Nights. His work has previously ...

Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, died Thursday at age 95 of natural causes in North Salem, New York, according to U.S. Figure ...

He was 95. As an entrepreneur and broadcaster, Button promoted skating and its athletes, transforming a niche sport into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics. Dick Button Dick Button smiles next ...

Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95 NEW YORK -- Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one ...

“He was like a professor,” his longtime broadcasting partner, Olympic gold medalist Peggy Fleming, said in a telephone interview. “He taught audiences how to watch skating. He also sometimes ...

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Dick Button of Englewood, N.J., U.S. and North American men’s figure skating champion, and winner of the European title, executes a jump ...

Members of the skating club have went on to win various prestigious awards in the sport, including 145 national championship titles and various Olympics medals, including Nancy Kerrigan.