Austrian space diver Baumgartner (56) dies while paragliding in Italy
A senior official with the emergency services in the Marches region, northern Italy, confirmed his death to AFP. Police at Porto Sant'Elpidio, on Italy's Adriatic coast, had identified Baumgartner, he said.
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While he was not able to say what had been the cause of death, a report in the Il Corriere della Sera daily said that Baumgartner had lost control of his paraglider after suffering a malaise.
He landed in the swimming pool of a holiday residence at Porto Sant'Elpidio, slightly injuring a young woman.
The accident happened at around 4pm, the paper reported.
Baumgartner's dramatic 2012 jump from a capsule more than 39 kilometres above the Earth was the most spectacular of a string of record-breaking stunts.
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