Of all the tearjerker songs, Tears in Heaven is up there as one of the saddest songs of all time. Whether you’re an Eric Clapton fan or not, you can’t deny that the song written about losing his four-year-old son to an unimaginable tragedy is one for the ages. Parents, in particular, have a hard time fathoming it.
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While most people know the general story behind the song, what’s less known are the circumstances behind the boy’s death, what happened in the days leading up to his fatal fall, and the other song Clapton wrote about his son, called Circus. Then, there’s the personal account from the boy’s mother and Clapton’s ex-girlfriend, Lory Del Santo, who lost yet another son many years later.