Dick Button, Skater, At 95

[TheBigA]

Dick Button, legendary figure skater and longtime Olympics TV commentator, has died:

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95. Button's son, Edward, says he died Thursday and did not provide a cause.

apnews.com

 

[Daryl Lynn L.A.]

Dick Button was not only a good technician who could explain the technical aspects of figure skating. But he could also comment on artistic impression, which is now referred to as "program components". I watched every skating competition I could, because I loved the sport ( and it is a demanding sport), and Dick Button did analysis on most of them. He worked with anchors like Jim McKay, Chris Schenkel and Tom Hammond at ABC. He won an Emmy in 1981 for his skating coverage. - Daryl

 

[FreddyE1977]

Between this and the loss of all of those young skaters in the D.C. plane crash, a very sad day for the ice skating world.