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May 6, 2020 · After Clapton's 4-year-old son accidentally fell out of a window to his death, the musician turned his grief into the heart-wrenching ballad.
It was supposed to be the start of a new beginning on the fateful day when music legend Eric Clapton’s young son sadly died in 1991 – he was only four years old. But the tragic moment instead became the inspiration for two of the artist’s iconic songs.
Mar 21, 1991 · The 4 1/2-year-old son of the rock guitarist Eric Clapton was killed yesterday morning when he fell out an open bedroom window on the 53d floor of a Manhattan apartment building.
He was left distraught when his four-year-old son Conor fell to his death from the 53rd floor of a New York skyscraper in a horrific freak accident in 1991. And Eric Clapton has now opened up...
Mar 20, 2015 · In a heartbreakingly tragic accident, Clapton's 4 1/2-year-old son Conor fell out of an open window in the high-rise. He was living in the New York condominium with his mother, actress and...
Apr 15, 2024 · Eric Clapton's son, Conor Clapton, tragically died in 1991 after falling out of the window of their 53rd-floor apartment in New York City. The incident prompted the rock legend to isolate himself from the world while he processed the tragedy. It also gave birth to the song, "Tears in Heaven."
On 20 March 1991, Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor, whom he had with Lory Del Santo, died after falling from the 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment belonging to a friend of Conor’s mother.
Inspired by the death of Eric Clapton’s son, Conor Clapton, any rock aficionado worth his salt knows this song. The iconic song was written by the legend himself, Eric Clapton, and Will Jennings in memory of Eric’s four-year-old son, who died as a result of a freak accident.
Oct 12, 2007 · Eric Clapton won a Grammy for his poignant tribute to his four-year-old son Connor, who died tragically in Manhattan in 1991 after falling out of a window of a high-rise building.
Nov 1, 2023 · 'Tears In Heaven' was borne out of an unimaginably tragic accident involving his four-year-old son Conor Clapton. Conor died having falling from the 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment when Eric Clapton was elsewhere in the city.
