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SNL Alum's Dad Murdered in Nashville

Posted Apr 29, 08 11:39 AM CDT in US,  Crime & Courts,  Gossip 

(Newser) – A hit-making Nashville songwriter was charged yesterday in the pocketknife murder of his producing partner, who—in a headline-grabbing twist out of an old country ballad—is the father of former Saturday Night Live comedienne Cheri Oteri, TMZ reports. Nashville police said Oteri’s father had a "significant laceration” to his wrist, the AP reports.

Richard Fagan, 61, who wrote songs for Hollywood movies such as Tin Cup and hit No. 1 with John Michael Montgomery’s 1994 Be My Baby Tonight, was arrested Saturday night on DUI charges and rearrested for murder Sunday after a friend of the men, who were roommates, told police that Gaetano Thomas Oteri, 69, wasn't answering the door.

Sources: TMZ, TMZ, Associated Press

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TV Comedienne Cheri Oteri in January.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)
Funny gal Cheri Oteri faces family tragedy in the murder of her father, Gaetano Thomas Oteri, over the weekend.   (Getty Images)
Cheri Oteri in a file photo.   (Getty Images)
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