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~ Dick Button

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Dick Button winner of 2 Olympic gold medals & 5 consecutive world championships died Jan. 30 at 95. Button was the first U.S. men’s champion, & in 1948 won the gold at the St. Moritz Olympics. Four years later Button won his 2nd gold in Oslo. He invented the flying camel spin & was one of skating's great promoters. Button later became a broadcaster for ABC Sports. Button is survived by his longtime partner Dennis Grimaldi, and his 2 children.

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