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 post reads.

American figure skating pioneer Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medalist ... Button also won five consecutive world championships (1948-1952), seven consecutive U.S. Championships (1946-1952) and ...

U.S. figure skating legend Dick Button, who won back-to-back Olympic gold medals ... Sports after the network acquired the rights to the United States Figure Skating Championships and the 1962 World ...

More than just the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history, Dick Button was one of the sport’s greatest innovators and promoters.

Dick Button Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif. on Jan. 4, 2018. AP “Dick was one of the most important ...

when there were only three or four channels and Dick Button and Peggy Fleming were in their heyday, well, get a load of this statistic: In March 1996, the men’s long program at the world figure ...

FILE - Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.(Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP) NEW YORK — Dick ...

Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men ... After a 1961 plane crash killed the entire U.S. figure skating team on the way to the world championships, which then were canceled, Button ...

Dick Button was more than the most ... After a 1961 plane crash killed the entire U.S. figure skating team on the way to the world championships, which then were canceled, Button persuaded ABC ...