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Figure skating legend Dick Button dies

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 1h

Dick Button, US figure skating pioneer, will always be 'godfather of this sport'

Button is widely considered one of the greatest figure skaters of all time. He was the first American skater to win an Olympic gold medal in 1948 and repeated as Olympic champion in 1952, after he successfully landed the first double axel and triple jump in competition.

Olympic figure skating icon, Dick Button, dies at 95

The two-time gold medalist continued to share his love for figure skating throughout his life, even becoming a TV analyst for the sport.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 7h

Dick Button, Skating’s Titanic Figure, Dead at 95

The two-time Olympic champion who pushed his sport to new physical heights went on to become its television voice for generations of viewers.

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Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies at 95

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in ...

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Boston skating club trained Olympic champions. It has also shared in the sport's pain

For the next eight decades, the utilitarian barn on the banks of the Charles River was one of the centers of American figure ...

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