Tag: U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame
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Richard “Dick” Button, U.S Figure Skating Pioneer, Dies At 95
Two-time Olympic champion Richard “Dick” Button, whose pioneering style and award-winning television commentary revolutionized the sport of figure skating, died on Thursday in North Salem, N.Y. He was 95 years old. Born Richard Totten Button on July 18, 1929, in Englewood, New Jersey, Button was inducted into the inaugural classes of the World Figure Skating Hall…