Eric Clapton writes about the devastating loss of his son Conor in his new autobiography.
He recounts how he took Conor to the circus the night before he fell to his death from the window of his mother's apartment in New York, and that he felt he was growing into the role of being a father.In 'Eric Clapton: The Autobiography', the guitar great remembers, "the following morning I was up early, ready to walk crosstown from my hotel to pick up (Conor's mother) Lori (del Santo) and Conor to take them to the Central Park Zoo...
"The phone rang and it was Lori. She was hysterical, screaming that Conor was dead. I thought to myself, 'This is ridiculous. How can he be dead?' and I asked her the silliest question, 'Are you sure?' "And then she told me that he'd fallen out of the window. She was beside herself."
The incident famously inspired the ballad 'Tears In Heaven'.
'Eric Clapton: The Autobiography' was published this week.
