The Lake Placid skating community took a double hit this past week with the death of former two-time Olympic champion Dick Button and the tragic air accident in Washington, D.C., that claimed the ...

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American figure-skating icon Dick Button ... He is also credited with inventing the flying camel spin, originally called the ...

The winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York ...

Olympic athlete, broadcaster, actor and entrepreneur Dick Button has died. He was 95 years old. The Associated Press called ...

One of figure skating's greatest legends has died. Dick Button, 95, the golden boy who began it all by revolutionizing the sport, passed away on January 31, 2025.

Dick Button, the first figure skater to win a gold medal for the U.S. in 1948, died Thursday, Jan. 30 at the age of 95.