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Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies

Richard Button, dominant U.S. figure skating icon, dies at 95

Richard Button, who won figure skating gold for Team USA in 1948 and 1952 before going on to star as a commentator, has died, his family announced. He was 95.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 14h

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.

CNN on MSN · 2h

Dick Button, the pioneering ‘godfather’ of figure skating, dies at 95

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.

Figure Skating Community in Shock

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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.

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14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

CBS News · 12h

2 figure skaters from The Skating Club of Boston, their mothers and coaches among D.C. plane crash victims

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

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Watch: Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, others react to figure skating tragedy

Figure skating luminaries reacted Thursday to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of several youth figure skaters, ...

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A groom-to-be pilot, daughter of Indian immigrants and figure skating champions are among DC air collision victims

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 world figure skating champions in pairs, lost their lives in the crash. They ...

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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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Promising Teen Skaters, Ex-World Champions Among Victims of Washington Air Crash

The victims include figure skaters, family members and coaches who had been attending a national training camp for top young skaters in Kansas. Among the victims were Yevgenia Shi ...

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Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding react to deaths of ice skaters in DC plane crash

Ice skating legends Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding have given emotional responses to the devastating deaths of fellow ...

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Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies

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