Lory Del Santo: Inside The Life Of Eric Clapton’s Ex-girlfriend

Lory Del Santo

Lory Del Santo is an Italian actress and model. She is also known as the former girlfriend of Eric Patrick Clapton, with whom she had a child who has passed away. Lory’s ex-lover Eric Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. He has received 18 Grammy Awards and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Lory Del Santo: Bio Summary

NameLory Del Santo
Age 65 years old as of 2023
Date of birth 28 September 1958
Place of birth Povegliano Veronese, Veneto, Italy
Famous as*ex-girlfriend of Eric Clapton
*actress
Nationality Italian
Parents Antonio Del Santo and Clorinda Del Santo
Partner Marco Cucolo
Children Conor Clapton, Loren Del Santo, and Devin Sardi

How Old Is Lory Del Santo?

Loredana “Lory” Del Santo was born on the 28th of September 1958, in Povegliano Veronese, Veneto, Italy. She is 65 years old as of 2023. She was the daughter of Antonio Del Santo and Clorinda Del Santo. She is said to be the eldest daughter of her parents. She was three years old at the time her father got involved in a car accident and passed away. Lory grew up with her mother and her sister, three years younger. They lived in the countryside and then moved to Verona. She is Italian.

Lory Del Santo Is An Actress And Model

Lory Del Santo has established herself as a model and actress. After she graduated from high school, she left Verona for Rome and Milan without her mother’s consent, sources say. She left to pursue a career in film and fashion. She started her career as a valletta in the 1975 edition of Festivalbar. She worked as a model, fashion photographer, and entrepreneur and studied acting.

Lory Del Santo represented Italy at the Miss Universe competition (1980). Looking at her IMDb page, she has appeared in over 20 films and television series. She was uncredited for her role as Francesca’s coed in the film Stay as You Are. She was also uncredited for her appearance in the film Where Are You Going on Holiday?

Lory appeared in Geppo il folle. She was uncredited for appearing as Woman with ‘lo Slavo’ in Il giocattolo, Party Guest in Dear Father, and for her role in Due pezzi di pane. She played Laura in Gardenia il giustiziere della mala (Gardenia), Cameriera in Dove vai se il vizietto non ce l’hai?, and Lucy in Pensione Amore – SerVizio completo.

Lory has appeared in the films Sabato, domenica e venerdì, The Great Alligator, The Finzi Detective Agency, Sono fotogenico (uncredited), Desideria, Sunday Lovers, L’onorevole con l’amante sotto il letto, Bollenti spiriti, W la foca, La gorilla, and F.F.S.S., cioè: ‘…che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?’

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Lory was in the television series Drive in. She played Woman of Rome #1 in the film Miss Right. She also appeared in Vita Smeralda. She appeared on Saturday Night Live from Milano. She served as a director, writer, cinematographer, and editor for the series The Lady, The Lady 2: L’odio passionale, and The Lady 3 – La Perfidia Patinata. She appeared on Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!

Lory Del Santo appeared as herself on the Raffaella Carrá Show, Maurizio Costanzo Show, L’isola dei famosi, L’isola dei famosi – Le Olimpiadi, Quelli che… il calcio, Scherzi a parte, Striscia la Notizia, Grand Hotel Chiambretti, Pechino Express, Le iene, Il sabato italiano, and Verissimo. In 2006 she wrote an autobiography, Piacere è una sfida.

Lory Del Santo Had An Affair With Eric Clapton

Lory Del Santo was involved in an affair with English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter Eric Clapton. At the time the two were in a relationship, Eric was a married man. He was married to English model and photographer Pattie Boyd. Lory’s affair with Eric contributed to the divorce between Eric and his then-wife Pattie.

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Lory and Eric’s affair produced a son. Their son Conor Clapton was born on 21 August 1986. Lory and Eric are no longer together. Lory has two sons: Devin Sardi with producer Silvio Sardi and Loren Del Santo. She reportedly had another child with American tennis player Richard Krajicek. Lory has never married although she has been involved in multiple romantic relationships. She is dating Marco Cucolo.

Lory Del Santo Has Lost Three Children

Lory Del Santo who is the mother of four has lost three of her children. Her son Conor Clapton whose father is Eric Clapton died on 20 March 1991, at the age of four and a half. He fell out of an open bedroom window on the 53rd floor of a Manhattan apartment building. Lory said: “Fate consists of seconds. Two seconds ago, this would not have happened.”

“Who knows how many times certain things didn’t happen for two seconds and I survived. I keep thinking the kids are still there. I’m like buried alive. I feel as if they threw the soil at me with a shovel and in the meantime I look at everything”. Conor’s death inspired Eric Clapton’s songs, “Tears in Heaven” and “Circus”. Lory also lost her son Loren Del Santo.

Loren died of suicide in August 2018, at age 19. “My son Loren has left us. He took his own life as the result of a serious brain disease. Mental collapse caused his brain to ‘switch itself off’,” Lory said. “I have been torturing myself trying to imagine if anything could have been done to help him, but in cases like this there is not much that can be. I only feel guilty about one thing: the last time I saw him I didn’t tell him I loved him instead of just kissing him. That’s all.”

ALSO, READ: Loren Del Santo: How Did Lory Del Santo’s Son Die?

Lory Del Santo also revealed: “I have been trying to get through this alone without talking to anyone. Without friends. Without being able to tell the truth. I am talking about it now to find some strength, to be strong. It’s time for me to get back on my feet. I have to meet people. They told me that bottling up my pain can only do me harm.” Lory’s child with Richard Krajicek was born premature and died later.

“He was born in Milan. Premature, but perfect. Two weeks later died of an infection“, Lory disclosed in an interview.

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  • Ruth Kai Botchway is a Senior Editor at Dicytrends.com. She is a graduate of All Stars Media College (2021) with a Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies. With more than two years experience in Journalism, she has served as an intern at Accra FM and worked with Green TV and Ashiaman TV. She worked as a Maritime Journalist/ influencer, producing Port and Maritime agenda initially aired on Ashiaman TV. You can reach her via email: Ruthbotch1912@gmail.com

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Ruth Kai Botchway is a Senior Editor at Dicytrends.com. She is a graduate of All Stars Media College (2021) with a Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies. With more than two years experience in Journalism, she has served as an intern at Accra FM and worked with Green TV and Ashiaman TV. She worked as a Maritime Journalist/ influencer, producing Port and Maritime agenda initially aired on Ashiaman TV. You can reach her via email: Ruthbotch1912@gmail.com

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