HQ Trivia and Vine co-founder dead at 34

Enlarge / Honorees Rus Yusupov (L) and Colin Kroll accept the Breakthrough Award for Emerging Technology onstage at the Variety Breakthrough of the Year Awards during the 2014 International CES at The Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on January 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (credit: Jeff Bottari/Getty Images for Variety)
Colin Kroll, co-founder of the popular smartphone-based trivia game HQ Trivia, was found dead at his New York apartment on Sunday, local media reported.
A New York Police Department spokesman told Ars that Kroll died of a drug overdose.
Citing anonymous police sources, the New York Post says Kroll was found with marijuana and heroin near his body. He was 34.
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