March 20, 1990

Posted March 19, 2008, 3:12 pm
Credit Growing Bolder

Eric Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor, falls to his death from the 53rd story of a New York City apartment window. A housekeeper had left the window open to air the room. Conor's death inspires Clapton's song "Tears in Heaven."

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