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\nMany people are aware that Eric Clapton, 79, suffered a devastating loss when his young son died in a tragic freak accident.<\/p>\n
\nMany people are aware that Eric Clapton, 79, suffered a devastating loss when his young son died in a tragic freak accident.<\/p>\n
However, few may know that the artist made one tragic final promise to his 4-year-old boy.<\/p>\n
\u201dIf I hadn\u2019t checked the fax, he\u2019d still be alive\u201d
\nEric Clapton\u2019s life was forever changed by a devastating tragedy when his four-year-old son, Conor, died in a horrific accident on March 20, 1991.<\/p>\n
Conor was in New York with his mother, Italian actress Lory Del Santo, when he fell from a 53rd-floor apartment window in Manhattan. A housekeeper had just finished cleaning when Conor ran past an open window that had been left unlatched \u2014 and in a heartbreaking instant, he fell to his death.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe window had been left open. Eric was on his way to pick Conor up,\u201d Lory said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard the fax machine and checked it out before going to check on Conor. I walked in just a fraction of a minute too late. He had gone. If I hadn\u2019t checked the fax, he\u2019d still be alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
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