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Olympic Skating Legend Dick Button Dead at 95

TMZ.com Friday, 31 January 2025
Dick Button, America's first Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, is dead, and the legend's passing comes on what was already a dark day for the sport. Button died Thursday in the Upstate New York town of North Salem ... according to his…
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