Eric Clapton Reveals How 'Tears in Heaven' Helped Him Grieve Son's Death in Newly Resurfaced Interview
Eric Clapton attends ‘Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars’ during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 10, 2017 in Toronto, Canada.Photo:Isaiah Trickey/FilmMagic Isaiah Trickey/FilmMagic Just before he took the stage in 1992 to record what would become the best-selling live album of all time,Eric Claptonreflected on thedeath of his young son, Conor, and how he’d used music to help him heal. “Tears in Heaven” was written about the star’s son Conor, who died at 4 years old after falling from the window of a New York City apartment building in March 1991....