And now have official word that Dick Button has died at age 95. As his longtime friend Jirina Ribbens said to me, "We lost young skaters and we lost the man who single-handedly made skating in America."
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Button, the two-time Olympic champion (1948 and 1952), was not only the greatest men's skater in history but, as a TV commentator, the man responsible for introducing and explaining the sport to tens of millions.
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