As I’ve written previously, the voice in my head sounds just like Dick Button.I spent years watching and re-watching him commentate figure skating events, cementing my expertise in the sport.

Dick Button, a dominant and electrifying force in figure skating who was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport, then shaped the public understanding of skating for decades ...

Dick Button waves to the crowd as he is honored during a break during the Championship Men’s Short Program for the 2018 US Figure Skating Championships at the SAP Center in San Jose in 2018.

FILE - Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif. Jan. 4, 2018. Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP Button's impact began after ...

FILE - Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.

Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at 95. Button won two Olympic gold medals, the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history.

“Dick Button created an open and honest space in figure skating broadcasting where no topic or moment was off-limits,” said Johnny Weir, the three-time U.S. champion and current NBC Sports ...

Dick Button, who brought figure skating to American audiences as the first U.S. skater to win an Olympic gold medal and then as a longtime commentator, died Thursday at his home in North Salem, N.Y.

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of figure skating, dies at 95 The winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York.

“Dick Button is the custodian of the history of figure skating and its quintessential voice,” 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano said in Button’s autobiography.

Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) By The ...