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Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies

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Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95

Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, has died at age 95, according to The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing confirmation from his son and daughter.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 47m

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.

The Associated Press on MSN · 35m

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95. Button's son, Edward, says he died Thursday and did not provide a cause.

DC plane crash ‘major setback’ for figure skating

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DC Plane Crash: Sports Figures, Teams React to Tragedy That Rocked Figure Skating

Magic Johnson, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton and others from the sports world reacted on social media to the tragic D.C. airplane crash Thursday.

Wichita Eagle on MSN · 2h

‘Never be forgotten’: Figure skating community responds to Wichita plane crashing in DC

Just days after figure skaters, family and coaches from across the United States came together in Wichita, a tragic plane crash has left the U.S. Figure Skating community reeling.

The Boston Globe · 5h

What we know about the six plane crash victims with ties to Skating Club of Boston

The American Airlines mid-air collision that claimed 67 lives, included six people with ties to The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, which is the epicenter of the sport in the area.

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Local figure skating community heartbroken after fatal aviation crash in Washington, D.C.

Among the 67 lives lost were top skaters from the United States and Russia, including several children, poised to become the ...

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Skating Club of Boston has a glorious — and tragic — history

The club has been the standard-bearer for American figure skating for more than a century. On Thursday, it became the ...

3hon MSN

Teens from a Boston skating club, their mothers, and coaches among passengers killed in air crash

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River ...

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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 ...

2hon MSN

‘Clouded in tragedy‘: KC skating coach reflects on loss of coach known since childhood

The camp and the people who are on the plane are really truly like the next generation of skaters,” said Bonnie Lewis, a ...

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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.

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Pittsburgh hall of fame ice skating coach mourns loss of athletes on D.C. plane crash

"Heartbreaking" is the word that is being used to describe the midair collision between a military helicopter and an American ...

1h

Hampton Roads ice skating community mourns as elite skaters among victims of Reagan National Airport plane crash

Hampton Roads ice skating community mourns as elite skaters among victims of Reagan National Airport plane crash ...

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