Cheri Oteri's Nashville music producer dad stabbed to death, allegedly by friend/roommate
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Posted Apr 28th 2008 3:11PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
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The Nashville music producer who was allegedly killed over the weekend
by his friend and roommate is the father of "SNL" star Cheri Oteri.
Gaetano Thomas Oteri was allegedly murdered by songwriter Richard
Fagan last Saturday night when Fagan stabbed Oteri with a pocket
knife. Fagan and Oteri had collaborated on several of Fagan's songs,
and on Fagan's own website, Oteri is credited with helping Fagan
through tough times: "Many years ago when Fagan was down and out (see
Fagan bio), it was Tommy who took him in and put him on a path to
songwriting stardom."
Oteri, according to cops, has been informed of her father's death.
Story developing ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
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> Nashville Stabbing Victim is Cheri Oteri's Dad
> Posted Apr 28th 2008 3:11PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
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>
> The Nashville music producer who was allegedly killed over the weekend
> by his friend and roommate is the father of "SNL" star Cheri Oteri.
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> Gaetano Thomas Oteri was allegedly murdered by songwriter Richard
> Fagan last Saturday night when Fagan stabbed Oteri with a pocket
> knife. Fagan and Oteri had collaborated on several of Fagan's songs,
> and on Fagan's own website, Oteri is credited with helping Fagan
> through tough times: "Many years ago when Fagan was down and out (see
> Fagan bio), it was Tommy who took him in and put him on a path to
> songwriting stardom."
>
> Oteri, according to cops, has been informed of her father's death.
>
> Story developing ...
>
> Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Country Songsmith Fagan Popped for Murder
Posted Apr 28th 2008 2:01PM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
Richard Fagan's mugshot
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It's like something straight out of a country ditty: Man gets lit,
gets into a fight with his pal, shivs him with a pocket knife, pal
dies.
That's allegedly what happened to famed country songwriter Richard
Fagan, who was just popped by Nashville cops for murdering his
roommate and friend Gaetano Thomas Oteri, 69. According to the po-po,
Fagan got into a scrape last Saturday night with Oteri, and admitted
to cutting him with a pocket knife -- and then got picked up for DUI
later that night after downing six shots.
Fagan wrote such country classics as "Be My Baby Tonight," "Sold," and
"I Miss You a Little."