Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner suffered a horrific paragliding crash on Thursday and died at the age of 56. Baumgartner held multiple records through his ground-breaking ’edge of space’ jump in 2012.

Felix Baumgartner has died aged 56 in a paragliding accident in Italy. The Austrian skydiver and daredevil passed away after crashing into a hotel swimming pool on Thursday. Baumgartner had been

Felix Baumgartner is understood to have complained of feeling unwell while his paraglider was airborne shortly before losing control and crash-landing in a busy hotel swimming pool