2006-07-20 15:14:43 · 16 answers · asked by bmxwi 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
He wrote the song for his 4 year old son who died. This is part of an article in the New York Times about it:
Conor's death:
NEW YORK, NY--The 4-year-old son of rock star
Eric Clapton plunged 48 stories to his death
yesterday when he fell from a picture window
apparently left open by a housekeeper who had
just washed it.
The boy
wandered onto
the ledge of a
window that
opened like a
door. He fell
48 floors.
Police said the
Health Department
was investigating
why the luxury
duplex on the 52nd
and 53rd floors at
117 E. 57th St. had
no window guards,
as required by law.
The boy, Conor Clapton, wandered into a
bedroom on the second floor of the duplex at
11:10 a.m. and leaned over the ledge of a hinged
4-foot by 6-foot window that was opened inward,
like a door, about 18 inches from the floor, police
said. He fell to the roof of the five-story New
York Geneological and Biographical Society,
which faces on 58th Street.
The boy's mother, Italian actress Lori del Santo,
32, the housekeeper and the maid were in other
rooms of the 4,000-square-foot apartment, police
said.
Eric Clapton, who is separated from Conor's
mother and who lives in Britain, was staying in a
New York hotel and rushed to the scene when a
friend told him the news, police said. He and del
Santo were treated for shock at Lenox Hill
Hospital and released.
2006-07-20 15:30:23 · answer #1 · answered by Oblivia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-13 10:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His Son Connor, who fell out of a window and fell to his death, due to a nanny who wasn't paying attention.
The song appeared in the movie RUSH
2006-07-20 15:27:26 · answer #5 · answered by Calder_87 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
he wrote that for his son who wandered (unwatched by his nanny) out the sliding doors of a balcony and fell to his death....how mr. clapton can perform this song without being reduced to jelly and carried off in a straightjacket is beyond me...i could not
2006-07-20 15:21:06 · answer #6 · answered by nascarmommy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His 4 year old son
2006-07-20 15:20:21 · answer #7 · answered by Pask 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was written in memory of his son, Connor who died from a tragic accident, which he later received a Grammy.
Other songs written in relation to Connor's death are, "My Father's Eyes" & "Circus Left Town."
2006-07-20 15:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by ViRg() 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His son that passed away when he fell out of a window. VERY SAD STORY.
2006-07-20 15:18:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it may have been about his young son, who was killed when falling from a balcony at age 5. Please don't take this as "gospel", as it is something I heard many years ago.
2006-07-20 15:18:33 · answer #10 · answered by moxiesharks03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋