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Felix Baumgartner, the First Skydiver to Fall Faster Than the Speed of Sound, Dies in Crash in Italy

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The Associated Press

12:51 JST, July 18, 2025

MILAN (AP) — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy. He was 56.

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