<p>MILAN — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 39-kilometre leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, was killed in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy, according to an official where the crash occurred. He was 56.</p>

"Fearless Felix" stunned the world in 2012 when he jumped from a capsule hoisted more than 39 kilometres above Earth by a helium balloon.{ai:summary}<p>Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, known for being the first skydiver to break the sound barrier during a 39-kilometre jump, has died in a crash in Italy at the age of 56. Details surrounding the incident are still emerging. #sports</p>

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