Georges Pompidou (1911-1974)
Apr 2 French President (1969-74) and Prime Minister (1962-68), dies in Paris at 62
- Apr 5 A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (Group of Seven), dies at 91
- Apr 5 William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49
Hudson Fysh (1895-1974)
Apr 6 Australian aviator, businessman and co-founder of QANTAS, dies at 79
- Apr 6 Ronald Russell, British journalist, author and Conservative politician, dies at 69
- Apr 6 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall; Beehive Rotterdam), dies at 89
- Apr 8 James Charles McGuigan, Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto, dies at 79
- Apr 10 Patricia Collinge, dies at 81
- Apr 10 Roger Bastide, French sociologist study of Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Caribbean religions, dies at 76
- Apr 11 Charles Curtis "Curt" Conway, American actor (Raw Deal; The Twilight Zone), dies of a heart attack at 60
- Apr 12 Carl Jaffe, German actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement), dies at 72
- Apr 13 Stanley Smith, American actor and singer (King of Jazz; Soup to Nuts; Good News), dies at 71
- Apr 14 Al Morgan, American jazz double-bassist (Cab Calloway; Fats Waller; Louis Jordan), dies at 65
- Apr 15 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian pianist and songwriter ("Malinconia d'amore"), dies at 68
- Apr 17 Frank McGee, American news anchor (NBC Evening News), dies of cancer at 52
- Apr 17 Herbert Elwell, American composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75
- Apr 17 Vinnie Taylor, American rock guitarist (Sha Na Na), dies of a drug overdose at 25
- Apr 18 Betty Compson, American actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
- Apr 18 John Henry Lewis, American boxer (World Light-Heavyweight champion, 1935-38), dies of emphysema and Parkinson's at 59
- Apr 18 Marcel Pagnol, French playwright, filmmaker (Topaze; The Baker's Wife), and novelist, dies at 79
- Apr 20 Mohammed Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician (1958 coup, President of Pakistan 1958-69), dies at 66
- Apr 20 Richard Huelsenbeck, German Dada writer, dies at 81
- Apr 21 Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)
- Apr 22 Tjalie Robinson [Jan Boon], Dutch East Indies writer and journalist (Tong Tong), dies at 63
- Apr 23 Cy Williams, American baseball outfielder (4 x NL HR leader; Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 86
- Apr 24 (William) "Bud" Abbott, American comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies of cancer at 78
- Apr 25 Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (My Golden Road from Samarkand), dies at 69
- Apr 25 Pamela Courson, American artist and long-term companion of Jim Morrison, dies of a heroin overdose at 27
- Apr 28 Paul Page, American actor (Girl From Havana, Moth), dies at 70
Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974)
Apr 30 American actress (Endora in Bewitched), dies of uterine cancer at 73
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