The son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki died at the age of 19 when he was found unresponsive in his college dorm room on the Clark Kerr campus of the University of California, Berkeley, according to a spokesperson.
Last week, Marco Troper, a freshman on the UC Berkeley campus, was found unresponsive in his dorm room, Clark Kerr Campus, the school spokesperson said. People.
The Berkeley student was located at 4:23 p.m. local time and the Berkeley Fire Department alerted campus police that they were “attempting life-saving measures” at Troper, a statement from the University of California Police Department revealed. California in Berkeley.
Firefighters soon declared him dead.
While the cause of death is unknown, campus police found no signs of foul play.
However, Trooper's grandmother, Esther Wojcicki, believes her grandson died of a drug overdose.
“He ingested a drug and we don't know what was in it… One thing we do know is that it was a drug,” he said. SF Gate.
Esther also described her grandson as “loving” and a “mathematical genius.”
“He was everything one could have wanted in a son and grandson. He was destined to make a difference,” she said. “He's heartbreaking.”
In a Thursday Facebook post, Esther said she and the rest of Troper's family are “devastated beyond comprehension.”
“He was just getting [started] in his second semester of his freshman year at UC Berkeley majoring in mathematics and I really loved it,” he added.
The author of “How to Raise Successful People” continued: “He had a strong community of friends from his dorm at Stern Hall and his Zeta Psi fraternity and was thriving academically.”
Esther said she and Troper's loved ones “want to prevent this from happening to any other family.”
“Tragedy is very difficult to sustain,” he told the outlet. “It makes you want to hide in a closet and never come out, but I think the main thing is that we have to move forward to see what we can do to help other people so that other children don't end up in the same closet.” like Marco.”
