Dick Button
On January 30, Olympic gold medalist Dick Button died from natural causes.
Button, 95, won gold medals in figure skating during the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics. Outside of the Olympics, Button won five World Championships and seven U.S. National Championships in figure skating.
He also won the 1948 European Championship title because non-Europeans were allowed to compete. Button is the only American ever to win the European Championship.
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