Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara Lipinski once said.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist who parlayed his figure skating success into a career as an Emmy-winning TV commentator, died on Thursday in North Salem, N.Y. Button’s children, Edward and Emily Button,

Dick Button, one of the top figure skaters of all-time and an Emmy Award-winning figure skating commentator, died Thursday, the Associated Press reported. He was 95. The Associcated Press said that his son, Edward, confirmed his death.

Dick Button, the first American to win Olympic gold in figure skating, has died at 95. A two-time champion and sport innovator, he transformed figure skating with groundbreaking jumps and later became its most influential commentator.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champ was also an influential broadcaster for more than five decades.

Dick Button, an Olympic champion figure skater who became one of the voices of the sport for decades, died Thursday at age 95 in North Salem, N.Y., his daughter told The Washington Post.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in competition, then spun TV ratings gold with his pithy, Emmy-winning commentary, died Thursday.

He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

Kerrigan was referring to the 1961 Sabena Flight 548 crash that killed all 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team en route to the world championships in Prague. U.S. Figure Skating, the governing body of the sport, established a memorial fund to help up-and-coming skaters with their training expenses.

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

Dick Button, an American figure skating icon who went on to a long career as a face of his sport on television, died Thursday. He was 95. Button's son, Edward, announced his death without giving a cause, per Barry Wilner of the AP.