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Dick Button, dominant U.S. figure skating icon, dies

Dick Button, daredevil ‘godfather’ of figure skating and Emmy-winning commentator, dies at 95

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.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 16h

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.

UPI · 4h

Dick Button, dominant U.S. figure skating icon, dies at 95

Dick Button, who won figure skating gold for Team USA in 1948 and 1952 before going on to star as a commentator, has died, his family announced. He was 95.

NBC News on MSN · 14h

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.

ESPN on MSN · 16h

Olympic figure skater, commentator Dick Button dies at 95

American figure skater Dick Button, a five-time world champ and two-time Olympic gold medalist who later became the voice of the sport, has died at 95.

Orange County Register · 15h

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

Winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, Button helped skating become the showpiece of every Winter Olympics.

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

Here are some of the victims of the tragedy identified so far. First Officer Sam Lilley and Capt. Jonathan Campos Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight that was minutes away from a safe landing when a collision with an Army helicopter plunged both aircrafts and everyone on board into Virginia’s Potomac River.

New York Post · 1d

At least 14 members of US Figure Skating team were on American Airlines flight that crashed in DC

At least 14 members of the US Figure Skating team were on the American Airlines flight that collided mid-air with a military helicopter over Washington, DC, Wednesday night, according to a report.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 21h

US figure skating championship contestants and coaches on plane that crashed in DC

Some skaters, their families, and coaches were on American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed with a military helicopter on Wednesday night.

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Ilia Malinin, who won U.S. men's skating title in Wichita, says crash 'doesn't seem real'

Ilia Malinin flew to D.C. on Monday after the national championships in Wichita and knew that young skaters were on the plane ...

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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 ...

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Olympian Brian Boitano mourns "incredibly kind" figure skating friends killed in D.C. plane crash

Olympian Brian Boitano tells "CBS Mornings" about his "kind and caring" friends Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova killed in Wednesday's plane crash, and recalls giving their son an award in Wichita ...

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Skating-Tight-knit US skating community mourns 'bright future' after loss of young stars

In one of his last TikTok posts before boarding a doomed flight to Washington, 16-year-old Spencer Lane shared with his ...

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Watch: Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, others react to figure skating tragedy

Figure skating luminaries reacted Thursday to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of several youth figure skaters, ...

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

For more than a century, the club has launched the careers of Olympic medalists and world and national champions while also ...

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