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Country Songsmith Fagan Popped for Murder

Posted Apr 28th 2008 2:01PM by TMZ Staff

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."







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1. Country music sux~!

Posted at 2:52PM on Apr 28th 2008 by FlBiker

2. This is Cheri Oteri's father - the SNL alumni.

Posted at 2:55PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Cassie

3. what a red neck....there comes a time when you have to grow up and this guy passed that time about 20 years agoa

truly pathetic

Posted at 3:16PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Shoot me with a shotgun in the face please Dick!

4. country music is great.

Posted at 3:54PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Linda

5. white trash,what do you except

Posted at 3:51PM on Apr 28th 2008 by t wolf

6. These were two great friends, for many years. Great business partners as well.
Alcohol is a miserable drug when abused. Sad to read what people, who don't know these men, will think and say about two professionals in our industry.

Posted at 10:31AM on Apr 29th 2008 by LS

7. were they gay nashville lovers? check out the shiner under his left eye...looks like a lovers spat before the stabbing. two grown men that age, who are fairly succesful generally dont live together unless they are lovers. nothing wrong with that, but it probably should be pointed out so the rage and emotional levels are understood...kind of like a husband stabbing a wife after a fight. what a shame

Posted at 4:38PM on Apr 28th 2008 by not that theres anything wrong with it...

8. There's a tear in ma beer an' my cellie's my new dear! Ma wife tuuk ma truck an' I dune give a f.... Ma dog still luvs me when I spread on hunney. In ma cage filled wit rage cause I dune tol my best bud to 'Have a knife day!'
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I know that tune! Now I know who wrote it!

Posted at 7:26PM on Apr 28th 2008 by YEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!!!

9. Oh wow, this is the guy who wrote "SOLD" as sung by Micheal Mongomery. That song kicks ass.

Posted at 7:51PM on Apr 28th 2008 by OhCrap

10. Never heard of him....

Posted at 9:06PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Is this a joke? If so, no one is laughing.

11. I meant to say John Micheal Mongomery. Its still all good. Thats what Im screaming.

Posted at 9:30PM on Apr 28th 2008 by OhCrap

12. I heard from a reputable source that Oteri had terminal cancer. Assisted suicide anyone?

Posted at 12:19AM on Apr 29th 2008 by hmmmm

13. I doubt an assisted suicide in the privacy of one's home (by a loved one, no doubt) would be violent. Assisted suicide anyone? Nah.

Posted at 11:04PM on Apr 29th 2008 by Eastsidenurse444

14. oh man... and he had that mullet to top it off... he should be charged for that too...

Posted at 9:11AM on Apr 29th 2008 by Jackie

15. I was sadden by this news. I met Rich a few years ago. He was a very nice and talented guy! It's also sad that people leave rude comments about people they don't know.

Posted at 11:07AM on Apr 29th 2008 by LP

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