Gamer Dies During 24-Hour Charity Gaming Livestream

A Virginia gamer was found dead Sunday while he was hosting a 24-hour charity gaming event he was producing from his home.

Brian Vigneault, a Twitch streamer and World of Tanks enthusiast, stepped away from the livestream around 4:30 p.m., the gaming news website PVPLive reported.

An hour later, Virginia Beach police said, they were called to his home to help an “unresponsive individual,” according to another gaming website, Polygon. Vigneault was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Virginia Beach police homicide unit was investigating. There was no reason to suspect foul play, police said. Vigneault may have died due to heart complications from severe sleep deprivation, PVPLive.com reported.

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SOURCE: NY Post; Fox News