Legendary skydiver Felix Baumgartner, best known for free fall from space, dies in paragliding accident

Legendary skydiver Felix Baumgartner, best known for free fall from space, dies in paragliding accident

Baumgartner, 56, reportedly crashed while using a motorized paraglider in Italy

Felix Baumgartner of Austria prepares to exit the capsule before his jump at the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M., March 15, 2012. (balazsgardi.com/Red Bull Content Pool)

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner talks during a news conference at the Windsor Atlantic Hotel during the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards March 9, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images for Laureus)

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner gets set to leap from his capsule at an altitude of roughly 71,500 feet March 15, 2012. (Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Pool)

A file photograph taken during a practice flight July 30, 2003, shows Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner during free fall across the English Channel between Dover and Calais. (Reuters/Ulrich GrillASA/WS/File Photo )