Eric Clapton's Son Falls To His Death

Eric Clapton's career was strewn with difficulties, mainly due to periods of dependancy on Heroin, Cocaine and other substances but the man they once called God was resilient and managed to deal successfully with all of these.

Clapton had built a reputation for himself in the 60's with such bands as the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers but it was his brief, but massively successful, allegiance with virtuoso bassist, singer and songwriter Jack Bruce and legendary drummer Ginger Baker that established him as a superstar.

In 1991 however, shortly after the death of Stevie Ray Vaughn in a plane crash whilst touring with Clapton, his son Conor died after falling from a window in a New York apartment belonging to a friend of the child's mother.

Conor was just 4 years old at the time of his death.

Eric later wrote, in conjunction with Will Jennings, the song "Tears In Heaven" in memory of Conor, which, along with the "Unplugged" album on which it appeared, won six Grammy Awards.