Arrr! The figure skating crew be weepin' fer ol' Dick Button, lost to the skies in a woeful crash!
2025-02-01
Arrr, hearties! A cursed fate befell the ice-dancin' crew, as 14 souls met Davy Jones on their way to D.C. in a flying contraption! Then, as if the sea be laughin', the great Dick Button shimmied off to the afterlife at 95, leavin' us all in stitches!
Arrr matey! Gather 'round and lend yer ears to a tale of sorrow that struck the figure skatin' seas this week! A dark cloud loomed over the community as 14 fine souls met their fate in a sky-high clash o' iron birds in Washington D.C. A calamity so grave that even the Old Man of the Sea be weepin'! Just a day prior, the legend o' the ice, Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold holder, sailed off to the great beyond at the ripe old age of 95.‘Twas a day fraught with heartache, as the fine Brian Boitano lamented, “On this grim day, I’ve lost a dear friend, Dick Button!” Indeed, a loss felt like a cannonball to the gut! Button, with more medals than a pirate's chest, was the first scallywag to land a double axel and a triple jump, claimin' victory on the icy stages. Not to mention, he became the voice o' figure skatin', narratin' the tales of many a skater’s glory!
As the figures of the ice be mourned, Scott Hamilton, an Olympic gold medalist himself, shed tears for both the young talents lost and for Button. “It’s beyond anything I can handle,” he groaned, as he stood amidst the Championships in Wichita, feelin' the weight of the losses. So raise yer tankards, and let us remember the bravest souls of the ice! May their spirits glide among the stars! Arrr!