Eric Clapton's Drummer Jim Gordon, Convicted of Murder, Dies at 77.
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Jim Gordon, the Grammy-winning drummer for Eric Clapton and George Harrison, has died at the age of 77. He was convicted of killing his mother in 1983 while suffering from schizophrenia and had been incarcerated since then. Despite being diagnosed with schizophrenia, he was not found innocent by reason of insanity under California laws at the time. Gordon co-wrote Clapton's hit song "Layla" and won his only Grammy for it.
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