![]() ![]() Quiet and polite, he was characterized as an above-average student with an aptitude for art. ![]() Pat later told Eric’s official biographer, Ray Coleman, that his father was a gifted musician, playing piano in several dance bands in the Surrey area. His grandmother played piano and his uncle and mother both enjoyed listening to the sounds of the big bands. September 1958).Įric was raised in a musical household. Eric’s half-brother, Brian, was killed in a road accident in 1974 at the age of 26. 1933).Įric’s mother, Pat, eventually married and moved to Canada and Germany as her husband, Frank MacDonald, continued his military career. ![]() Eric’s last name comes from Rose’s first husband and Pat’s father, Reginald Cecil Clapton (d. His grandparents never legally adopted him, but remained his legal guardians until 1963. Thus, he grew up believing his mother was his sister. ![]() Pat’s parents, Rose and Jack Clapp, stepped in as surrogate parents and raised Eric as their own. It was extraordinarily difficult for an unmarried 16-year-old to raise a child on her own in the mid-1940s. Before Eric was born, Fryer returned to his wife in Canada. 1985), a 24-year-old Canadian soldier stationed in England during World War II. He was the son of 16-year-old Patricia Molly Clapton (b. Was born on 30 March 1945 in his grandparents’ home at 1 The Green, Ripley, Surrey, England. ![]()
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