How composer Wallingford Rigger died a very unusual death

 Noted music composer Wallingford Riegger was killed on Columbus Avenue in New York city in 1961 at the age of 76 when the dog he was walking got into a fight with another dog.The two leashes entangled,hurling Riegger to the ground.He died from a resulting head injury.

                 Sad and strange but true.