Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian daredevil known for skydiving from a balloon in the stratosphere in 2012, met a tragic end in a hotel swimming pool during a paragliding accident on Thursday. He was 56.

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