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Eric Clapton talks about how ‘Tears In Heaven’ helped him cope with death of his son, 4

13:10, January 28

Eric Clapton has spoken—in an interview for a new TV show—about how his song “Tears In Heaven” helped him cope with the death of his 4-year-old son, Connor.

Clapton’s son, with model Lori Del Santo, fell from the 53rd floor of a New York skyscraper on March 20, 1991, five months before his fifth birthday. The child fell from a window left open by a cleaning lady in his mother’s Manhattan apartment.

Clapton released “Tears In Heaven” in December 1991. The iconic singer reflected on how he expressed his grief through this track in a 1992 interview for his MTV show, an extended version of which, Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later, will be available next month.

“It was really necessary to illustrate the loss, it was a good opportunity for me to write about my son, about losing my son, and also where to channel that… So I wrote a song about it. It was kind of a weird, like, cyclical thing that came into my head, and another thing I wanted to share.”

He credited his daughter, Ruth, with Yvonne Kelly, then 6, with helping him cope with the grief. “Yvonne knew that [being close to Ruth] would help, and it did. I was able to hold and hug a child again. Ruth was a huge support. I had no idea how much power a child could have over an adult, how much they could make you feel important and unique and powerful.”

Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later will be released on Paramount+ on February 12.

 


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