• Felix Baumgartner, paraglider, 56, ddwhl

    From danny burstein@dannyb@panix.com to alt.obituaries on Thu Jul 17 22:59:22 2025
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    Felix Baumgartner dead at 56 - legendary skydiver known for famous 2012 stratosphere jump killed in tragic paragliding accident

    Renowned daredevil Felix Baumgartner, famous for his record-smashing
    stunts - including a 24-mile skydive from the edge of space in 2012 -
    has died in a paragliding accident in Italy, according to local media
    reports.

    The 56-year-old Austrian extreme sports enthusiast reportedly fell ill
    while flying a motorized paraglider in the Italian coastal town of Porto Sant'Elpidio, crashing the craft into a hotel swimming pool.
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  • From Kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to alt.obituaries on Fri Jul 18 15:00:08 2025
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    On 7/18/2025 12:59 AM, danny burstein wrote:
    [nyc's beloved trashloid of record]

    -aFelix Baumgartner dead at 56 - legendary skydiver known for famous
    2012 stratosphere jump killed in tragic paragliding accident

    Renowned daredevil Felix Baumgartner, famous for his record-smashing
    stunts - including a 24-mile skydive from the edge of space in 2012 -
    has died in a paragliding accident in Italy, according to local media reports.

    The 56-year-old Austrian extreme sports enthusiast reportedly fell ill
    while flying a motorized paraglider in the Italian coastal town of Porto Sant'Elpidio, crashing the craft into a hotel swimming pool.
    -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a ===========
    rest:
    https://nypost.com/2025/07/17/world-news/felix-baumgartner-dead-at-56- skydiver-known-for-record-breaking-jumps-killed-in-paragliding-accident/

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    man. 56 is not an age to go nowadays, but as the article says he was a "renowned daredevil" and I don't think people like that are likely to
    die in their beds at 90.
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