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Nashville Stabbing Victim is Cheri Oteri's Dad

Posted Apr 28th 2008 3:11PM by TMZ Staff

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.

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

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

Posted at 3:18PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Shoot me with a shotgun in the face please Dick!

2. 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!! :(

Posted at 3:21PM on Apr 28th 2008 by miss penny lane

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

Posted at 3:21PM on Apr 28th 2008 by jj

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

Posted at 3:22PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Melissa

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

Posted at 3:24PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Victoria

6. First her career and now her Dad

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

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

Posted at 3:27PM on Apr 28th 2008 by JessBcuz

8. 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

Posted at 3:39PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Raw420

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

Posted at 3:32PM on Apr 28th 2008 by dummy

10. 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!!!

Posted at 3:32PM on Apr 28th 2008 by JessBcuz

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

Posted at 7:46PM on Apr 28th 2008 by fifi

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

Posted at 3:39PM on Apr 28th 2008 by mark

13. 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.

Posted at 3:44PM on Apr 28th 2008 by JuKat

14. TMZ could obly find a prison pic of the guy?

Posted at 3:42PM on Apr 28th 2008 by FlBiker

15. 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

Posted at 3:43PM on Apr 28th 2008 by questor

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