The Latest Breaking News from Felix Baumgartner

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"At least he went out doing what he loved."

Beachgoers knew something was wrong when they heard a loud boom ring out as a paraglider spun out of control, killing its only occupant, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner

Before his death, Baumgartner posted a video of him working on a glider, the same glider that he was maneuvering during the accident, captioning the post 'Man at work'.

Austrian extreme skydiver, 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over central Italy

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.

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. 

Felix Baumgartner reflects on his iconic space jump in a resurfaced clip following his death.

The world of extreme sports is mourning the death of Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian athlete who became the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump in 2012. He died in a paragliding crash along Italy's eastern coast, at the age of 56.