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Cheri Oteri’s father killed by songwriter partner in drunken argument

April 29th, 2008 by Scott Marks

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Tom Oteri, 69, left, was slain over the weekend, and Richard Fagan, 61, is charged with criminal homicide

Gaetano Thomas Oteri, 69, bled to death after being slashed with a penknife by his friend, roommate and business associate Richard Fagan.

During a drunken barroom altercation, Fagan, 61, cut Oteri’s right wrist with a 4- to 6-inch-long pocket knife. The gash was severe enough to cause significant bleeding, but police believe that Fagan left the bar not knowing the wound was fatal.

According to the Tenneseean, while in jail Fagan called another friend to check on Oteri. That unidentified friend went to the home, noticed that something was awry and called for help. Paramedics found Oteri’s body in the kitchen and a significant amount of blood inside the house. Police then arrested Fagan, who had been released on bond at 2:15 p.m. Sunday. He was with his bail bondsman when arrested.

Fagan and Oteri had been roommates for more than 10 years and shared in numerous musical successes. Oteri, known as “Tom,” was a music publisher and president of Of Music. Fagan, who worked as the manager of Of, had notable success as a songwriter, with songs that were cut by artists such as Neil Diamond, Shania Twain and Hank Williams, Jr.

Oteri’s bio had this to say about Richard Fagan: “Many years ago when Fagan was down and out, it was Tommy who took him him and put him on a path to songwriting stardom. Rich was once a street-person, even a drugged-out alcoholic, who now is a highly- disciplined and successful writer. I know Rich would be first to credit Tommy for that transformation.”

Tom Oteri was the father of former Saturday Night Live cast member Cheri Oteri. Ms. Oteri was on her way to Nashville from out of state on Monday afternoon. Two more of Oteri’s children were also traveling to Nashville, said Brian Oteri, who called The Tennessean and said he was Oteri’s son.


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Drunken attention-whore Sean Young booted from DGA Awards

January 27th, 2008 by Scott Marks

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At last night’s DGA Awards ceremony, a drunken Sean Young interrupted The Diving Bell and the Butterfly director Julian Schnabel’s speech by shouting “Oh come on — get to it!”

Even in her inebriated state Ms. Young displayed more taste and honesty than any in attendance. Too bad she didn’t get this advice to Mr. Schnabel while he was still in the scripting stage.

USA Today and Perez Hilton both report that the Catwoman wannabe did a magnificent job of making an ass of herself at the star-studded ceremony.

Hilton’s sources say the Blade Runner star was seated “at the same table as power couples Les Monves & Julie Chen and Steven Soderbergh & Jules Asner, who all tried to ignore her.” (How is Jules Asner a “power” anything? The most powerful she’s done next to using Steven Soderbergh as a meal ticket, is stealing Ed’s last name.)

“When she wasn’t yelling, Sean would stand up, put on her white fur coat and walk around her table and then retake her seat (while people were onstage accepting awards),” a shocked eyewitness tells Hilton.

Hilton’s source continues: “She also licked the neck of her date (some grey haired dude who looked like a lawyer-type guy), screamed in French at French actress Marion Cotillard, and when cutie pie Kristen Chenoweth belted out a few bars to a song (encouraged by Carl Reiner) Sean started singing too.”

Under the glare of television lights, it took Schnabel a moment to identify who the heckler was. Young helped him along by repeating “get to it” after which Schnabel instructed her to “have another drink, honey.”

He should save ‘A’ material like that for his screenplays.

After their heated exchange, Ms. Young was escorted from the ballroom by security guards. I’ll let you know if and when any dead animals turn up on Mr. Schnabel’s doorstep.

UPDATE: Sean Young checks into rehab

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