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Figure skating legend Dick Button dies

NBC Sports on MSN · 1h

Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95

"It just seemed that it was the most natural thing in the world to go on and compete in the next championship."Button converted his medals into a belt buckle for his mom and a paper weight for his dad.

The Associated Press – Sports o… · 1h

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.

U.S. News & World Report · 9h

Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies at 95

Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, died Thursday, said his son, Edward, who did not provide a cause. He was 95. As an entrepreneur and broadcaster, Button promoted skating and its athletes,

Michigan figure skaters react to D.C. plane crash

Plane crash kills world champion figure skaters and the ‘future’ of the sport in a tragic case of déjà vu

Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.

The New York Times · 4h

What we know about the figure skaters who were on the airplane that crashed in Washington, D.C.

They were returning home from a camp for young figure skaters identified as having promise.

USA Today · 21h

The U.S. figure skaters in plane crash in the Potomac: Everything we know so far

Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night, the Kremlin and state media said.

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Chicago area figure skaters mourn friends who died when plane, helicopter collided over D.C.

The plane that crashed into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. after colliding in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter ...

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

Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight that was minutes away from a ...

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Elite figure skaters among the lives lost in the midair collision

U.S. figure skaters were among the 67 lives that were lost in the Washington, D.C. midair crash. NBC News' Tom Llamas ...

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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.

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