Felix Baumgartner, who has died in a paramotoring accident aged 56, was a daredevil skydiver, BASE jumper and aerobatic helicopter pilot who achieved global celebrity after leaping from the edge of ...

Prayers Pouring In For Legendary Skydiver Dead At 56 originally appeared on The Spun. The sports and entertainment world lost an iconic skydiver and BASE jumper this week as record-setter Felix ...

The grieving partner of famed skydiver Felix Baumgartner shared tragic footage of the extreme athlete’s final flight — just moments before he crashed and died. The 56-year-old — who was renowned as ...

The man who broke a skydiving record, jumping from the edge of space and breaking the sound barrier, has died in a paraglider crash. Felix Baumgartner was 56 years old. The crash occurred on July 17 ...

Baumgartner was killed on Thursday, July 17, and had been flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in Italy Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

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, when it crashed next to a ...

Baumgartner made a name for himself as a global daredevil in 2012 when he jumped from the stratosphere. Skydiver and world record breaker Felix Baumgartner died after a tragic accident on July 17, ...

Austrian skydiver and base-jumper Felix Baumgartner passed away in a tragic paragliding accident in Italy. The daredevil was flying a motor paraglider in Porto Sant’Elpidio, a historic village in ...