Colin Kroll, CEO of HQ Trivia, Dies at 34

Kroll's death seen as alleged overdose

Colin Kroll, co-founder of Vine and the CEO of HQ Trivia, died Sunday morning of an alleged drug overdose, according to multiple reports. He was found in his Manhattan apartment after his girlfriend called the police, who were performing a welfare check. He was 34.

Kroll, who co-founded the popular 6-second video app Vine, was named chief executive of HQ Trivia, the trivia game app he founded with Rus Yusupov, in August.  

“We learned today of the passing of our friend and founder, Colin Kroll, and it’s with deep sadness that we say goodbye,” said an HQ spokesperson in an email.

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