Jim Gordon, Eric Clapton drummer and convicted assassin, useless at 77

Jim Gordon — the Grammy-winning rock drummer for Eric Clapton and George Harrison — who was convicted of killing his mother in 1983 whereas affected by schizophrenia, has died. He was 77.

His publicist, Bob Merlis, confirmed to The Post on Wednesday that Gordon died Monday on the California Medical Facility in Vacaville of pure causes “after a long incarceration and lifelong battle with mental illness.”

The Post reached out to a Clapton rep for comment.

Born on July 14, 1945, Gordon backed the Everly Brothers and carried out on The Beach Boys’ 1966 album “Pet Sounds.”

He toured with Clapton in 1969 and 1970 as part of the band Delaney & Bonnie. Clapton briefly formed a model new band, Derek and the Dominos, that moreover featured Gordon.

The group labored on Beatles guitarist George Harrison’s 1970 solo album “All Things Must Pass.”

Gordon and Clapton moreover co-wrote Clapton’s 1971 smash hit “Layla.” Gordon picked up his first and solely Grammy Award for that music.

Gordon lastly began to point indicators of psychological illness, and he reportedly punched his then-girlfriend, singer-songwriter Rita Coolidge, in a lodge in 1970.

Gordon fatally attacked his 72-year-old mother, Osa Gordon, with a hammer, then a knife on (*77*) 3, 1983. He confessed, claiming a voice inside his head instructed him to kill her.

He was appropriately acknowledged with schizophrenia following his arrest.

Gordon was sentenced in 1984 to 16 years to life in jail, the place he died Monday.

Despite his schizophrenia evaluation, a select dominated he couldn’t be found innocent by explanation for insanity beneath the California insanity authorized pointers on the time.

He was denied parole, for the tenth time, in March 2018 after he reportedly declined to attend parole hearings.