Colin Kroll, HQ Trivia and Vine app co-founder, dies in New York aged 34


Police find technology entrepreneur unconscious on his bed in Manhattan apartment

Colin Kroll, a technology executive who co-founded the HQ Trivia app, has been found dead in New York at the age of 34.

The city’s police department said officers had gone to Kroll’s Manhattan apartment early on Sunday after getting a call asking for a wellbeing check on him. He was found unconscious and unresponsive on his bed.

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