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Celebrity Justice4/28/2008 4:11 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Nashville Stabbing Victim is Cheri Oteri's Dad

The Nashville music producer who was allegedly killed over the weekend by his friend and roommate is the father of "SNL" star Cheri Oteri.
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.

UPDATE: Fagan has been officially charged with criminal homicide and is being held without bond.

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Just call me trailer trash....:  1385 days ago

you can pick your friends but you can't pick your family

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Miss Penny Lane:  1385 days ago

guess it is time for him to take down from his web site all the pics of cheri and her dad! this is horrible news!! :(

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JJ:  1385 days ago

That is not Cheri Oteri. If it is, she has changed alot or had some cosmetic surgery.

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Melissa:  1385 days ago

Poor girl. I feel for the family. How tragic.

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Victoria:  1385 days ago

That IS Cheri.....my sincerest sympathy to his family & loved ones.

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FlBiker:  1385 days ago

First her career and now her Dad

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JessBcuz:  1385 days ago

Aaawww I'm so sad for her!! My heart goes out to her and her family!!!!

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TheRaw420:  1385 days ago

So let this be a lesson to all you race card users, Country stars kill each other just like the rap stars, you don't have to be white, black, purple or green to be a gangster, a killer, a musician, a rap star, or a truck driver.... people kill.

That is what is wrong with human being

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YOU ARE IGNORANT:  1385 days ago

she was hiliarous as the cheerleader on SNL..LOVE HER

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JessBcuz:  1385 days ago

7. First her career and now her Dad

Posted at 3:28PM on Apr 28th 2008 by FlBiker

Hopefully you're next, you waste of human space!!!

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Proud American:  1385 days ago

I agree that it lloks like Cheri has had some cosmetic work done.

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Tangie:  1385 days ago

Who really cares? Country idiots at their best...

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Julie-J.B.:  1385 days ago

That is horrible and sad.
But Cheri Oteri must have had some major work done. She's 45, but looks 25 in this pic and in the ones on her IMDb page.

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FlBiker:  1385 days ago

TMZ could obly find a prison pic of the guy?

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patsy ramsey:  1385 days ago

cheri oteri is HOT. she is every midget's wetdream.
whats the deal with all these's dads dying lately?? like camaroon diazes,
if these dam heather mills gold diggers didn't exist i bet men would live longer then women

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