What Happened to Dick Button? Figure Skating Champion Passes Away

What Happened to Dick Button? Figure Skating Champion Passes Away By Reports are circulating about the of the figure skating champion , and people want to know whether this is true. Button was an iconic athlete who won numerous accolades throughout his career, including two gold medals in Men’s singles in consecutive Winter Olympics and five consecutive World Championships. Here are all the details of Dick Button’s death.

Dick Button passes away at 95, claims report Richard Button died on Thursday, January 30, in North Salem, New York. The legendary figure skater and commentator was 95 years old. The official handle of U.



S. Figure Skating on X (formerly Twitter) confirmed his death with the following post, “U.S.

Figure Skating mourns the loss of the legendary Dick Button,” the reads. “The two-time Olympic champion’s pioneering style & award-winning television commentary revolutionized figure skating. His legacy will live on forever.

We extend our deepest condolences to his family & loved ones.” Dutton is survived by his children, Edward and Emily, and his partner, Dennis Grimaldi. Originally from Englewood, New Jersey, Button was interested in skating since he was quite young, but it wasn’t until he was 12 years old that he decided to give it serious attention.

As mentioned above, he won Olympic gold twice, at the 1948 St. Moritz and 1952 Oslo, and World Championships five times, 1948 Davos, 1949 Paris, 1950 London, 1951 Milan, and 1952 Paris. He also won seven consecutive US Championships and three consecutive North American Championships.

Further, he won the European Championship in Prague in 1948, a rare feat for an American figure skater. After retiring as a competitor, Button earned a law degree from Harvard and enjoyed a brief career as a performer in ice shows. He acted in various movies and TV shows, including Hans Brinker, Silver Skates (1958), and The Young Doctors (1961).

Button also served as a commentator at various figure skating events. Notably, the news of Button’s passing comes after 14 people associated with figure skating, along with others, were killed after an American Airlines jet had a mid-air collision with a US Army helicopter on Wednesday outside Washington, D.C.

Tamal Kundu is an Entertainment and Pop Culture writer at Evolve Media, focusing on cinema, celebrities, technology, politics, and more. He has always viewed the world through the prism of fiction, which eventually translated into a deep love for movies, inspiring his storytelling. In his spare time, Tamal can be found binge-watching hidden gem TV shows or dreaming of dragons.

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