HQ Trivia App Co-Founder Found Dead in New York, NYPD Says

  • Colin Kroll, also Vine co-founder, had been named CEO in Sept.
  • NYPD says medical examiner has yet to determine cause of death
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Colin Kroll, the co-founder and chief executive officer of the HQ Trivia quiz app, has been found dead in New York. He was 34.

A representative for the New York City Police Department said Kroll was found unconscious and unresponsive early Sunday morning. Emergency medical services responded to 56 Spring Street following a wellness check and soon after pronounced him dead, Detective Ahmed Nasser of the NYPD said.