The Creator of the Vine has died of a drug overdose, the media are writing
MOSCOW, 16 Dec — RIA Novosti. 36-m to year of life has died one of the creators of six-second video service Vine and online quiz Trivia HQ Colin Kroll. It is reported portal TMZ, citing a police source.
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Presumably, the cause of death was a drug overdose.
According to the portal, on Sunday at the police with a statement about the disappearance of Kroll asked his girlfriend.
Law enforcement officers found a dead man in his apartment in downtown Manhattan. Near the body there were traces of drugs and devices for their use.
So sad to hear about the passing of my friend and co-founder Colin Kroll. My thoughts & prayers go out to his loved ones. I will forever remember him for his kind soul and big heart. He made the world and internet a better place. Rest in peace, brother.
— Ru (@rus) 16 Dec 2018
Colin Kroll from 2007 to 2009 was the technical Manager of the Yahoo. In 2013 he became General Director of Vine, which he founded together with the House of Hoffman and Ruslan Yusupov in 2012. In 2015, Kroll took the position of Executive Director HQ Trivia.