{"id":7352,"date":"2019-02-10T03:51:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T03:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/drug-overdose-killed-hq-trivia-co-founder-colin-kroll\/"},"modified":"2019-02-10T03:51:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T03:51:32","slug":"drug-overdose-killed-hq-trivia-co-founder-colin-kroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/drug-overdose-killed-hq-trivia-co-founder-colin-kroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug overdose killed HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Colin Kroll\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/767E\/production\/_104843303_colin_kroll_getty.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Colin Kroll was co-founder of both HQ Trivia and Vine<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The co-founder of the popular app HQ Trivia, Colin Kroll, died of an accidental drug overdose, according to the New York City medical examiner.<\/p>\n<p>A post-mortem examination revealed two kinds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in his system.<\/p>\n<p>Police found Mr Kroll dead in his Manhattan flat in December after being asked to check in on him by a woman reported to be his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old was also the co-founder of the video platform Vine.<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner&#8217;s office ruled Mr Kroll&#8217;s 16 December death an accident, due to &#8220;acute intoxication&#8221; from the combined effects of the drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl &#8211; a synthetic opioid 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine &#8211; and a variant, fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl, were both found in Mr Kroll&#8217;s system. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-25876928\" class=\"story-body__link\">Colin Kroll talks Vine with Rory Cellan-Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Kroll&#8217;s death was suspected to be due to an overdose after police found his body without signs of trauma and with drug paraphernalia nearby.<\/p>\n<p>He was reportedly found face down on his bed, and police noted signs of what appeared to be cocaine and heroin in the flat.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kroll&#8217;s friends and family remembered him as a kind, talented young man.<\/p>\n<p>His former fianc\u00e9 Maggie Neuwald <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/12\/22\/ex-fiancee-of-dead-hq-co-founder-colin-kroll-success-got-the-best-of-him\/\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">told the New York Post<\/a> after his death that he had struggled with the pace of the tech industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not like anyone hands you \u2026 a manual of how to deal with [success],&#8221; she said. &#8220;That probably, unfortunately, got the best of him, although I had hoped he&#8217;d be able to fight those demons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Centers for Disease Control found synthetic opioid-related overdose death rates had risen by 45% on average across the country in one year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Colin Kroll had won a Breakthrough Award for Emerging Technology in 2014<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr Kroll had been named CEO of the HQ Trivia mobile app in September. He founded the game with Rus Yusupov.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/newsbeat-43758698\" class=\"story-body__link\">The free app giving away thousands of pounds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The live trivia game became hugely popular, although its appeal waned last year. The free app was guest-hosted by some famous faces, including Jimmy Kimmel and Bert from Sesame Street. <\/p>\n<p>Vine was a popular a six-second video streaming service that Twitter purchased in 2012 for $30m (\u00a324m) and eventually discontinued in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-47136687\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Colin Kroll was co-founder of both HQ Trivia and Vine The co-founder of the popular app HQ Trivia, Colin Kroll, died of an accidental drug overdose, according to the New York City medical examiner. A post-mortem examination revealed two kinds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in his system. 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