Felix Baumgartner, known as \"Fearless Felix,\" tragically died in a paragliding accident in Italy. His partner, Mihaela Schwartzenberg, shared a touchi

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.

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy.