- Apr 1 Russell Vis, American Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold freestyle lightweight 1924), dies at 89
- Apr 2 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
- Apr 3 Katharine Balfour, American actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69
- Apr 3 Sarah Vaughan, American jazz and pop singer ("Body and Soul; "Broken Hearted Melody"), often known as "Sassy" and "The Divine One", dies of lung cancer at 66
- Apr 5 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist and poet, dies at 59
- Apr 6 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dressed woman), dies at 73
- Apr 6 Ronald E Evans, American astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
- Apr 8 Doreen Sloane, English actress (Coronation Street), dies of cancer at 56
- Apr 8 Jose De Vega, American actor dies of AIDS at 56
- Apr 8 Ryan White, American hemophiliac AIDS sufferer, dies at 18
- Apr 11 Barbara Miller, British stage and screen actress (Blackadder), dies of a brain tumor at 71
- Apr 11 Harold Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club (Toronto Maple Leafs, 1972-90), and football team (Hamilton Tiger Cats, 1978-88) owner, dies at 86
- Apr 11 Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece, dies at 86
- Apr 13 Luis Trenker, South Tyrolean film producer, director and actor (Berge in Flammen), dies at 97
- Apr 13 Ronald Ibbs, Irish actor (No Hiding Place, The Saint), dies at 74
- Apr 14 Martin Kessel, German writer (Mr. Brecher's Fiasco), dies on 89th birthday
- Apr 14 Thurston Harris, American pop vocalist (The Sharps, Little Bitty Pretty One), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Apr 15 Henry Kendrick, American actor (Raising Arizona), dies at 56
- Apr 15 Ulrich Becher, German writer and playwright, dies at 80
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Apr 17 American civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), dies of a blood clot at 64
- Apr 18 Gory Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler, dies at 69
- Apr 18 Robert D. Webb, American director and actor (Love Me Tender; The Jackals), dies at 87
- Apr 19 Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 52
- Apr 20 Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (Star Wars, Eye of the Needle), dies at 78
- Apr 20 Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies
- Apr 20 Philip Werner Amram (1900 – 1990) was an American lawyer, legal scholar, and educator, dies at 90
- Apr 21 Erté [Romain de Tirtoff], Russian-French artist and designer, dies at 97
- Apr 21 Johnny Beazley, American MLB baseball pitcher (1941-42 & 1946-49 (St. Louis Cardinals - winner of two 1942 World Series games; Boston Braves), and WWII veteran, dies of cancer at 71
- Apr 22 Albert Salmi, American stage and screen character actor (Caddyshack; The Brothers Karamazov; Bus Stop), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
- Apr 22 Bertil Unger, Swedish actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies at 69
- Apr 23 Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies
- Apr 23 Paulette Goddard, American actress (Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Hazard), dies at 79
- Apr 24 Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies
- Apr 24 Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies
- Apr 25 Dexter Gordon, American jazz tenor saxophonist Go!; The Other Side of 'Round Midnight), and actor ('Round Midnight), dies of kidney failure at 67
- Apr 26 Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian presidential candidate, assassinated at 38
- Apr 27 Bella Spewack, Hungarian-American playwright (Kiss Me Kate), dies at 91
- Apr 29 Floyd Butler, American soul singer (Friends of Distinction - "Grazin' in the Grass"), dies of a heart attack at 52
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