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Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies

NBC Sports on MSN · 43m

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, according to U.S. Figure Skating. In 1948, Button, then 18, won the first of back-to-back Olympic titles.

LA Times on MSN · 19m

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 · 1h

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.

14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash

Hosted on MSN · 2h

DC Plane Crash: Sports Figures, Teams React to Tragedy That Rocked Figure Skating

Magic Johnson, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton and others from the sports world reacted on social media to the tragic D.C. airplane crash Thursday.

ABC on MSN · 8h

'Hearts are heavy': 14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash

Figure skaters and coaches returning from the U.S. national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday.

Local figure skating community heartbroken after fatal aviation crash in Washington, D.C.

Among the 67 lives lost were top skaters from the United States and Russia, including several children, poised to become the future stars of tomorrow.

Flight that crashed was carrying figure skaters

Doomed American Eagle flight was carrying elite figure skaters going home from a training camp

The camp serves as a launchpad for athletes vying for their spot on Team USA in the upcoming world championships.

U.S. News & World Report · 13h

Passengers on Downed Flight Included American and Russian Figure Skaters

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and

San Francisco Examiner · 6h

Elite figure skaters and coaches on crashed US flight

Global figure skating's tight-knit community was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet crash in Washington killed two former world champion coaches and stars from the next generation of

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U.S. and Russian Figure Skaters Among Passengers on Crashed Jet

Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter ...

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The Figure Skaters Whose Promising Careers Were Cut Tragically Short on Wednesday

The close-knit world of figure skating was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet carrying athletes and coaches, ...

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