Person in history
Dick Button
Dick Button, American figure skater and actor (born 1929)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2025 · January 30
Their story
Who they were
Dick Button, American figure skater and actor (born 1929)
Early life
Early life Button was born on July 18, 1929, and raised in Englewood, New Jersey . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He graduated in 1947 from the Englewood School for Boys (now Dwight-Englewood School ). [ 4 ] He began skating at an early age but did not begin training seriously until the age of 12, after his father overheard him being told he would never be a good skater. [ 5 ] Button's father sent him to Lake Placid, New York , to train with coach Gus Lussi ,
Why this date
Dick Button appears on our January 30 calendar for 2025 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Dick Button
When did Dick Button die?
January 30 2025.
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