Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist and acclaimed broadcaster Dick Button passed away on Thursday. He was 95 years old.

The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ever Winter Olympic gold medal, winning the 500-meter speed skating event. Finland’s Clas Thunberg won five speed skating medals, including three on Jan. 27.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in competition, then spun TV ratings gold with his pithy, Emmy-winning commentary, died Thursday. He was 95. Button died in North Salem, New York, his daughter, actress Emily Button, told The Washington Post .