How ‘Fearless Felix’, who jumped from edge of space in 2012, died in paragliding crash

On Thursday, Felix Baumgartner died in a paragliding crash in Italy. Known as ‘Fearless Felix’ by fans, the Austrian extreme sports pioneer stunned the world over a decade ago when he became the first person to break the sound barrier during a dive from the edge of space. In 2012, he leapt from a capsule more than 39 kilometres above the Earth, securing his place in the record books with the high-risk jump

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