Richard Totten Button (July 18, 1929 – January 30, 2025) was an American figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion (1948, 1952) and five-time consecutive world champion (1948–1952).

1 day ago · “Dick Button is the custodian of the history of figure skating and its quintessential voice,” Boitano, the 1988 Olympic champion, said in Button’s autobiography. “He made the words ‘lutz’ and ‘salchow’ part of our everyday vocabulary.”

2 days ago · Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating and literally took the sport to new heights, died Thursday, US Figure Skating said. He was 95 years old.

1 day ago · Dick Button, whose passionate and often tart commentary on figure skating competitions became a television staple over six decades and made him the sport’s unofficial spokesman, died on Thursday ...

17 hours ago · Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Jan. 4, 2018 in San Jose, CA. Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP He was an athlete and actor, a ...

1 day ago · Dick Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five straight world championships, died Thursday, said his son, Edward. He was 95.

1 day ago · Two-time Olympic champion Richard “Dick” Button, whose pioneering style and award-winning television commentary revolutionized the sport of figure skating, died Jan. 30. He was 95 years old. Press release Announcement Thursday, January 30, 2025