What is John Button?
{{Infobox person | name = John Button | image = John Button 2008 Belgium.jpg | caption = John Button in 2008 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1943|7|27}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=ye|2014|1|12|1943|7|27}} | death_place = [[France]] | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | children = [[Jenson Button]] }} '''John Button''' (27 July 1943 – 12 January 2014) was an [[English people|English]] [[Rallycross]] driver. He was also the father of [[2009 Formula One Season|2009]] [[Formula One]] World Champion [[Jenson Button]]. His best overall results were both in 1976. He finished second in the [[Embassy (cigarette)|Embassy]]/[[Motor Sports Association|RAC-MSA]] British Rallycross and TEAC/[[Lydden Hill Race Circuit|Lydden]] Rallycross championships that year.<ref>Rallycross Yearbook 1979, by Eddi Laumanns (page 93, John Button portrait)</ref> Button was born in [[London]]. He died at his home in the south of [[France]] on 12 January 2014. It was suspected to be a [[heart attack]]. He was aged 70.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-01-13/jenson-buttons-father-john-dies-aged-70/ ITV News - Jenson Button's Father John Dies Aged 70]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Button, John}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:British racecar drivers]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Sportspeople from London]] {{sports-bio-stub}}