More than just the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history, Dick Button was one of the sport’s greatest innovators and promoters.

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.

Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in figure skating and one the sport's great innovators, dies at the age of 95.