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Northern Westchester Resident Dick Button, Figure Skating Champion, Popular Sportscaster, Dies
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 Westchester County's North Salem. He was a native of Englewood, New Jersey.
Related story: Olympic Icon Dick Button Dies In North Salem: Figure Skating Great Was 95
Known as “The Voice of Figure Skating” from 1960 to 2010, Button was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Fandango Founder From Greenwich, 64, Takes Fatal Leap From Luxury NYC Hotel: Nypd
Connecticut resident J. Michael Cline, the founder of online movie ticket sales company Fandango, has been identified as the man who took a fatal leap for a luxury hotel in New York City this week.
Cline, age 64, leaped to his death from the Kimberly Hotel at 145 East 50th Street at approximately 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, a spokesperson for the NYPD said. He was found unconscious at the scene and pronounced dead at 10:30 p.m.
Cline's primary address is in Palm Beach, Florida, but they also has homes in New York City and Greenwich, records show.
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CareMount Appoints New Assistant Medical Director
CareMount Medical recently appointed a new Assistant Medical Director, Dr. Caroline DeFilippo, to oversee the physicians and group-wide initiatives in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, and Ulster counties.
“CareMount Medical is thrilled to welcome Dr. Caroline DeFilippo as our new assistant medical director,” said Dr. Scott D. Hayworth, president, and CEO at CareMount Medical. “Not only is Dr. DeFilippo an outstanding physician, but her experience in public health will positively impact the health of all of our patients.”
DeFilippo will be seeing patients in Mount Kisco. In addition,…
David Swope, Westchester Business Owner, Philanthropist, Dies At 76
David Swope of Ossining, a prominent Westchester environmentalist, philanthropist, community leader and business owner, died Wednesday. He was 76.
Among his many roles he served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Westchester Community College in Valhalla, the Teatown Lake Reservation Environmental Education Center in Ossining, and the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. As a co-founder of Club Fit health and fitness centers in Briarcliff Manor and Jefferson Valley, he was a pioneer in the development of full service health and fitness membership clubs. He was also the owner of Tappan…
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