Short answers, pulled from the story.
Eric Clapton's nickname Slowhand was coined by Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky as a pun on the "slow handclap" that English audiences performed when Clapton stopped playing mid-concert to replace a broken guitar string.
Tears in Heaven was written in response to the death of Clapton's four-year-old son Conor, who died on the 20th of March 1991 after falling from the 53rd-floor window of an apartment at 117 East 57th Street in New York City. The song was co-written with Will Jennings and won multiple Grammy Awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards.
Eric Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times, making him the only person to receive that distinction. He was inducted once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream.
After Cream disbanded in November 1968, Clapton formed Blind Faith with Cream drummer Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood of Traffic, and Ric Grech of Family. The supergroup debuted before 100,000 fans in London's Hyde Park on the 7th of June 1969 and released one album before dissolving after less than seven months.
Layla was inspired by Clapton's unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his close friend George Harrison. The song took its title from a classical Persian love story, Nizami Ganjavi's The Story of Layla and Majnun, a copy of which Ian Dallas had given to Clapton.
Eric Clapton founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua in 1998. It is a medical facility for people recovering from substance abuse, established while Clapton was himself in recovery from addiction.