DragonKing Dark: The story behind Eric Clapton’s ‘Tears in Heaven’
In this week’s installment of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, I take a look back at the March 20, 1991, death of classic rock legend Eric Clapton’s four-year-old son, who died from falling out a high-rise window in New York.
From this tragedy, Clapton penned one of his most famous and award winning songs “Tears in Heaven.”
Hear the story on this week’s DragonKing Dark.
Karl Stern
Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.