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Olympic Gold Medalist Pioneer Dick Button Remembered As Popular Sportscaster Olympic Gold Medalist Pioneer Dick Button Remembered As Popular Sportscaster
Olympic Gold Medalist Pioneer Dick Button Remembered As Popular Sportscaster 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.  While with ABC, his no-holds-barred analysis and caust…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Maryland Congressman Says Talking About His Son's Suicide Saved His Own Life Maryland Congressman Says Talking About His Son's Suicide Saved His Own Life
Maryland Congressman Says Talking About His Son's Suicide Saved His Own Life Jamie Raskin is opening up about his son's suicide. In a recent interview with "People" magazine, the Congressman said writing his new memoir saved his own life. The 59-year-old Democrat details a "life-altering" first few weeks in January 2021, where he had to face down a mob of angry Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol -- all while dealing with the loss of his 25-year-old son Tommy. "It probably would have been the end of my life had I not been able to talk about it," Raskin tells the magazine. Tommy Raskin was a second-year student at Harvard Law School, who took his own life o…

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by Joe Gomez