Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, was killed in a crash along the eastern coast of Italy, according to an official. He was 56.

Felix Baumgartner, a professional daredevil and skydiver who fell faster than the speed of sound from the edge of space in 2012, died in a paragliding accident in Italy on Thursday, according to Red ...

Baumgartner, known as “Fearless Felix,” stunned the world in 2012 when he became the first human to break the sound barrier with only his body.