The last time I met Eric was in 1989 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Dorothea and I were living at the time. He was on a tour of Brazil and staying at a hotel in Copacabana, where we met him. We conversed for some time, and at Dorothea’s request, he talked about his son, Connor. This was just a few months before Connor’s fateful accident in New York. I sent Eric my condolences in a letter, and mentioned something about the verse in the Bible’s book of Revelation about the Lord wiping away the tears in Heaven. I don’t know, but it may be that Eric’s beautiful song, “Tears in Heaven” was inspired by that very verse. I haven’t seen him since.