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Tears in Heaven
The years following 1990 were extremely turbulent for Clapton . In August 1990 , his manager , two of his roadies and his friend and fellow musician Stevie Ray Vaughan were killed in a helicopter accident . Seven months later , on March 20 , 1991 , Clapton 's 4 - year - old son Conor died after falling from the 53rd - floor window of his mother 's friend 's New York City apartment . He landed on the roof of an adjacent four - story building . After isolating himself for a period , Clapton began working again , writing music for a movie about drug addiction called Rush . Clapton dealt with the grief of his son 's death by co-writing `` Tears in Heaven '' with Will Jennings . Shortly after his single was released , he went on to the MTV Unplugged series and recorded a new version of the song . Unplugged topped charts and was nominated for nine Grammy Awards the year it was released . Clapton made numerous public service announcements to raise awareness for childproofing windows and staircases . 
The years following 1990 were extremely turbulent for Clapton . In August 1990 , his manager , two of his roadies and his friend and fellow musician Stevie Ray Vaughan were killed in a helicopter accident . Seven months later , on March 20 , 1991 , Clapton 's 4 - year - old son Conor died after falling from the 53rd - floor window of his mother 's friend 's New York City apartment . He landed on the roof of an adjacent four - story building . After isolating himself for a period , Clapton began working again , writing music for a movie about drug addiction called Rush . Clapton dealt with the grief of his son 's death by co-writing `` Tears in Heaven '' with Will Jennings . Shortly after his single was released , he went on to the MTV Unplugged series and recorded a new version of the song . Unplugged topped charts and was nominated for nine Grammy Awards the year it was released . Clapton made numerous public service announcements to raise awareness for childproofing windows and staircases .
On March 20, 1991, Clapton 's 4 - year - old son Conor died after falling from the 53rd - floor window of his mother's friend 's New York City apartment.
Eric Clapton dealt with the grief of his son's death by co-writing `` Tears in Heaven '' with Will Jennings.
Seven months later , on March 20 , 1991 , Clapton 's 4 - year - old son Conor died after falling from the 53rd - floor window of his mother 's friend 's New York City apartment . Clapton dealt with the grief of his son 's death by co-writing `` Tears in Heaven '' with Will Jennings .