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Songwriter Charged In Stabbing Death Of Cheri Oteri’s Dad
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 28, 2008 2:53 PM EDT
LAST UPDATED: April 28, 2008 3:01 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. --
Nashville police have arrested a country songwriter in the stabbing death of the father of TV comic Cheri Oteri.
Authorities said Monday they had charged 61-year-old Richard William Fagan with criminal homicide in the Saturday night killing of 69-year-old Gaetano Thomas Oteri.
The victim’s daughter was on the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” Police say she has been told of her father’s death.
Police say Fagan and the victim were roommates.
Fagan is listed as co-writer on hits by singer John Michael Montgomery, including “Sold (the Grundy County Auction Incident),” “Be My Baby Tonight,” and “I Miss You a Little.”
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