As the figure skating community grappled with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents, the grief was felt ...
Several figure skaters, including two-time Olympian Tonya Harding, have spoken out on the fatal plane crash near Washington, ...
“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 ...
After the deadly collision which took place over the Potomac River in Washington D.C. between an American Airlines passenger ...
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 ...
The figure skaters who died in Wednesday’s plane crash are mourned not just because they were young and talented but because, ...
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 ...
Figure skaters and coaches returning from the U.S. national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that ...