“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 ...
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion who went on the become the Emmy-winning voice of Olympic figure skating broadcasts ... a cause or place of death.
personified figure skating for millions of Americans from the 1960s to the end of the 20th century, and into a portion of the 21st as well. The first American Olympic gold medalist in the sport ...
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 ...
This is no sport for the faint of heart, but one, in the words of Skating Club of Boston executive director Doug Zeghibe, that “takes a singular passion.” It’s a sport that can take your breath away, ...
"Dick Button is the custodian of the history of figure skating and its quintessential voice," 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano said in Button's autobiography. "He made the words 'lutz' and ...
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 ...