Clapton posted a video on his Facebook page that has quickly gone viral, generating over 1.6 million views.

In the caption, Clapton writes that King was a “dear friend and inspiration to me.”

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)