Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies

Dick Button, 2-Time Olympic Champion and Legendary Figure Skating Commentator, Dies at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's figure skating (1948 and 1952), has died at age 95. He was also known as a longtime figure skating commentator for ABC Sports and later NBC Sports.
Dick Button, Olympic legend and figure skating commentator, dies at 95
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champ was also an influential broadcaster for more than five decades.
Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95
As the first repeat Olympic champion to his groundbreaking work as a television analyst, Dick’s expertise and passion challenged generations of athletes to be better while building a fan base that remains today.
Dick Button Dies: Gold Medalist Who Became The Voice Of Olympic Figure Skating Was 95
Dick Button, the 2-time Olympic gold medalist and 5-time world champion who went on the become the voice of Olympic figure skating broadcasts, has died at 95.
Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95
Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s great innovators and
Dick Button, Olympic Figure Skating Champion and TV Analyst, Dead at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist who parlayed his figure skating success into a career as an Emmy-winning TV commentator, died on Thursday in North Salem, N.Y. Button’s children, Edward and Emily Button,
American figure skating icon and broadcaster Dick Button dead at 95
U.S. figure skating icon Dick Button, who won consecutive Olympic gold medals on the ice before he became the voice of the sport on television, died Thursday, U.S.
Dick Button, US figure skating pioneer, will always be 'godfather of this sport'
Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara Lipinski once said.
Dick Button, 95, Figure Skating Champion and Commentator, Dies
He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Figure skating legend Dick Button dies at 95
Dick Button, an Olympic champion figure skater who became one of the voices of the sport for decades, died Thursday at age 95 in North Salem, N.Y., his daughter told The Washington Post.
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.
Dick Button dies at 95; men’s figure skating legend was well-known Olympic commentator
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