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Figure skating legend Dick Button 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, died Thursday at age 95 of natural causes, according to U.S. Figure Skating. In 1948, Button, then 18,

The Associated Press – Sports o… · 3h

Dick Button dies at 95; men’s figure skating legend was well-known Olympic commentator

In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche sport into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 11h

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.

Figure Skating Community in Shock

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

Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were among those feared dead after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River Wednesday night.

Figure skating performances of DC plane crash victims

A pair of young figure skaters, their mothers, and two Russian coaches were among the 60 passengers on board the jet.

NBC Sports · 17h

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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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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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 ...

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

Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight that was minutes away from a ...

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Anastasiia Gubanova takes a narrow lead at European figure skating championships

Anastasiia Gubanova has taken a narrow lead in the short program as she aims to regain her title at the European figure ...

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