- Apr 1 Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920)
- Apr 1 Herman Roelstraete, Belgium composer, dies at 59
- Apr 4 Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)
- Apr 5 Arthur Negus, English antiques expert and broadcaster (Antiques Roadshow), dies at 82
- Apr 5 Tyrell Johnson, West Indian cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies at 68
- Apr 6 Mark Lothar [Lothar Hundertmark], German composer (The Story of the Lazy Bear), dies at 82
- Apr 7 Carl Schmitt, German political theorist and prominent Nazi (Verfassungslehre), dies at 96
- Apr 8 J. Fred Coots, American songwriter ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"; "Love Letters In The Sand"), dies at 87
- Apr 11 Bunny Ahearne, British ice hockey promoter, dies at 84
Enver Hoxha (1908-1985)
Apr 11 Albanian post-war communist leader and dictator of Albania (1944-85), dies at 76
- Apr 14 Noele Gordon, British actress (Crossroads), dies at 65
- Apr 14 Reginald Beane, American pianist (Starlit Time: Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63
- Apr 15 Ben Stroman, Dutch writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard), dies at 82
- Apr 16 Scott Brady [Gerald Tierney], American actor (Shotgun Slade, China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 60
- Apr 18 Gertrude Caton-Thompson, English archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia), dies at 97
- Apr 21 Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada), dies at 82
- Apr 21 Irving Mills [Isadore Minsky], American jazz music publisher, manager (Duke Ellington, 1926-48), singer and lyricist, dies at 91
- Apr 21 Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer (monokini, miniskirt), dies of cancer at 62
- Apr 21 Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75
- Apr 22 José de Lima Siqueira, Brazilian conductor, and composer, dies at 78
- Apr 22 Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer, dies at 84
- Apr 23 Kent Smith, American actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies from heart disease at 78
- Apr 23 Sam Ervin, American politician (U.S. Senator from North Carolina) and Watergate committee chairman, dies at 88
- Apr 24 Sergei Yutkevich, Russian film director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80
- Apr 25 Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
- Apr 25 Richard Haydn, British actor (The Sound of Music; Alice in Wonderland), dies from a heart attack at 80
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