Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating and literally took the sport to new heights, died Thursday, US Figure Skating said. He was 95 years old.

Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champ was also an influential broadcaster for more than five decades.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist who parlayed his figure skating success into a career as an Emmy-winning TV commentator, died on Thursday in North Salem, N.Y. Button’s children, Edward and Emily Button,

Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara Lipinski once said.

Dick Button, the 2-time Olympic gold medalist and 5-time world champion who went on the become the voice of Olympic figure skating broadcasts, has died at 95.

Dick Button, the first man to win two gold medals in figure skating at the Olympics, is being remembered as a popular sportscaster after his death at age 95.Button, a longtime New York resident, died at his Ice Pond Farm in Northern

The two-time gold medalist continued to share his love for figure skating throughout his life, even becoming a TV analyst for the sport.