Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner - who rose to fame in 2012 after jumping from the 'edge of space' - has died in a horror paragliding crash.
The extreme sportsman was pronounced dead this afternoon at the age of 56 after a paragliding accident in Italy. Local reports said his craft landed in a swimming pool on a holiday resort, leaving one girl on the ground injured. Felix Baumgartner became famous around the world in 2012 when he successfully completed a record-breaking jump from the stratosphere at a height of 24 miles.
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