From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Louis Epstein  wrote:   
      
   >Richard Totten "Dick" Button,born July 18th 1929,   
   >for years a champion of and for decades a commentator   
   >on figure skating (back when it really was that),   
   >died January 30th 2025 according to the NY Times and   
   >others (coincidentally just after a plane crash   
   >killed competitors and coaches returning from this   
   >year's United States championships of what is still   
   >called,but no longer really is,figure skating).   
      
   But he's the guy who brought greater athleticism to figure skating.   
   Remember the Button camel?   
      
   I've seen film of his performances. He was quite graceful, but still, he   
   brought impossible leaps and loops and twists into skating that mere   
   mortals cannot perform.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)