Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, the first human to break the sound barrier with his body during a leap from the stratosphere, is dead at 56.

Beachgoers knew something was wrong when they heard a loud boom ring out as a paraglider spun out of control, killing its only occupant, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, when it crashed next to a s...

He also set the world record for the highest parachute jump in 1999, when he launched himself from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.