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 of Englewood, N.J., U.S. and North American men’s figure skating champion, and winner of the European title, executes a jump during a practice session at St. Moritz, Switzerland, on ...

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 ...

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.

Dick Button, Olympic skating champion and TV analyst, dies at 95© AFP/Getty Images Mr. Button at the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis.© Matthew Stockman/Getty Images ...

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 of Englewood, N.J., U.S. and North American men's figure skating champion, and winner of the European title, executes a jump during a practice session at St. Moritz, Switzerland ...

(CNN) — 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.

It was a Dick Button moment. Irina Slutskaya was skating a sloppy final long program at the International Skating Union Grand Prix finals. Her arms were flailing, her landings were imprecise, her ...

“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 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) ...