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 ...

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NEW YORK — 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 ...

Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York, his family confirmed Thursday. "U.S. Figure Skating mourns the loss of the legendary Dick Button," the organization said in a statement. "The two ...

NEW YORK — Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s greatest ...

Dick Button, a dominant and electrifying force in figure skating who was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport, then shaped the public understanding of skating for decades ...

Olympic and world figure skating champion Dick Button has died at age 95. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Share NEW YORK — Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history.