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Figure skating legend Dick Button dies

Richard Button, dominant U.S. figure skating icon, dies at 95

Richard Button, who won figure skating gold for Team USA in 1948 and 1952 before going on to star as a commentator, has died, his family announced. He was 95.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 14h

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.

The Associated Press – Sports o… · 7h

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.

Figure Skating Community in Shock

The Associated Press – Sports … · 14h

14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

NBC Sports · 20h

Members of U.S. figure skating community were on flight that collided with Army helicopter

"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.

CBS News · 13h

2 figure skaters from The Skating Club of Boston, their mothers and coaches among D.C. plane crash victims

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

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

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 world figure skating champions in pairs, lost their lives in the crash. They ...

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European figure skating championships carry on, overshadowed by deadly mid-air collision in US

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an ...

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College sailor among crash victims

When an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet over the Potomac River on January 29, news reports noted how casualties included 14 members ...

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DC plane crash LIVE updates: FAA restricts helicopter flights near Reagan National, reports say

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials ...

Eye Opener: Plane crash investigation continues

Investigators are still searching the Potomac River for answers about what went wrong in Wednesday's tragic crash. Also, we ...

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Ilia Malinin, who won U.S. men's skating title in Wichita, says crash 'doesn't seem real'

Ilia Malinin flew to D.C. on Monday after the national championships in Wichita and knew that young skaters were on the plane that crashed Wednesday.

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Figure skating legend Dick Button dies

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