Dick Button, the most successful male artistic skater in history and one of the most fundamental figures of sport, died Thursday. He was 95 years old.
The tragic news was confirmed by his son, Edward. He did not provide a cause of death.
Button won two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, his death reaches a dark day for sport.
Earlier on Thursday, it was learned that 14 members of the skating community were killed in the tragic air accident of Washington DC, when a flight from American Airlines crashed with an army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.
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