Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)(AP/Marcio Jose ...

Winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, Button helped skating become the showpiece of ...

"RIP, Dick Button," former American sports reporter ... Hamilton was in Wichita, Kansas, at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and was familiar with some of the victims in Wednesday’s crash ...

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist ... then did same for CBS’ presentation of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships, and a variety ...