Extreme sports icon Felix Baumgartner has died following a paragliding accident on Thursday in the coastal town of Porto Sant’Elpidio on Italy’s Adriatic coast. The Austrian adventurer lost control of ...

Renowned daredevil Felix Baumgartner, famous for his record-smashing stunts — including a 24-mile skydive from the edge of space in 2012 — has died in a paragliding accident in Italy, according to ...

Felix Baumgartner, the world-renowned Austrian pilot who was named National Geographic’s 2013 People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year for his fearless aerial feats, has died in Italy. According to ...

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, renowned worldwide for his record-breaking "edge of space" jump in 2012, has died at age 56 in a paragliding accident in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy. The tragic ...

That's one of the things Red Bull stresses in its marketing message, and that's why it sponsored Felix Baumgartner in his quest to jump from the edge of space and break the speed of sound. But his ...

(CNN) — Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver renowned for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday, local media reported.