Figure skating legend Dick Button dies at 95

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Dick Button, an Olympic champion figure skater who became one of the voices of the sport for decades, died Thursday at age 95 in North Salem, N.Y., his daughter told The Washington Post.

Button became the first U.S. skater and youngest American man to capture Olympic gold in 1948 at age 18, then successfully defending his title in 1952. He is the only U.S. figure skater to