Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, died on Thursday in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said.

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the ...

For years, Baumgartner gained publicity and mass acclaim through some incredible feats such as skydiving across the English channel, jumping 95 feet from the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer in B...