Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating and literally took the sport to new heights, died Thursday, US Figure Skating said. He was 95 years old. Button died ...

By Richard Goldstein Dick Button, whose passionate and often tart commentary on figure skating competitions became a television staple over six decades and made him the sport’s unofficial ...

There was a time, and it wasn’t a short period of time at all, when figure skating was one of the most popular televised sports in the nation, and Dick Button was the most famous and most ...

FILE - Dick Button of Englewood, N.J., U.S. and North American men's figure skating champion, and winner of the European title, executes a jump during a practice session at St. Moritz, Switzerland ...

Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men's figure skater in history. He was one of his sport's greatest innovators and promoters. Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s great innovators and promoters, the man responsible not only for ...

Dick Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, has died at the age of 95.

FILE - Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.(Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP) NEW YORK — Dick ...