Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver renowned for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday, local media reported.

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.

A daredevil who skydived from the edge of space has died in a freak paragliding accident. Felix Baumgartner reportedly lost control of his aircraft before crashing into a campsite in Le Marche, Italy, having apparently felt unwell before take-off.