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Figure skating legend Dick Button dies

NBC Sports on MSN · 3h

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

Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, died Thursday at age 95 of natural causes, according to U.S. Figure Skating. In 1948, Button, then 18,

U.S. News & World Report · 11h

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,

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 11h

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.

Plane crash in USA - 14 figure skaters among victims

The New York Times · 6h

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.

The Boston Globe · 1h

Teen figure skaters and their coaches, group of hunters and students among victims of air crash

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather’s funeral, two Chinese nationals and a group of hunters headed back from a guided trip in Kansas.

ABC on MSN · 19h

'Hearts are heavy': 14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash

Figure skaters and coaches returning from the U.S. national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday.

7hon MSN

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 ...

18h

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.

17h

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 ...

9h

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 ...

7hon MSN

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 ...

11h

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.

16h

14 from ‘close-knit’ figure skating community killed in American Airlines crash, with 6 of them from Boston club

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two world champion coaches from Boston were among the 14 members of the skating ...

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