- Apr 1 Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
- Apr 1 Rosalind Laura Burke, British aviator, dies at 86
- Apr 1 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
- Apr 2 Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of a heart attack at 79
- Apr 3 Elizabeth "Betty" Furness, American actress, journalist and consumer activist (Dangerous Corner, Studio 1), dies of stomach cancer at 78
- Apr 3 Frank G. Wells, American company director (Walt Disney Co.), dies in a helicopter crash at 62
- Apr 3 Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (discovered chromosome responsible for Downs Syndrome), dies at 67
- Apr 3 Pat Harper, American NYC news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies of a heart attack at 59
- Apr 4 (Virginia) "Ginny" Simms, American singer (Kay Kyser Band), actress (Night and Day), and radio star, dies of a heart attack at 80 [1]
- Apr 4 Olga Lowina, Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69
- Apr 5 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, "the dean of American winemaking", Russian-born American winemaker (Beaulieu wines, Napa Valley, dies at 92 [1]
Kurt Cobain (1967-1994)
Apr 5 American grunge rocker (Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), commits suicide at 27 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun
- Apr 5 Marlon Riggs, American writer, director and producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37
- Apr 5 Roy Smeck, American musician (guitar and banjo), dies at 94
- Apr 6 Cyprien Ntaryamira, 5th President of Burundi (1994), assassinated by missile strike on the plane he was travelling on over Kigali, Rwanda at 39
- Apr 6 Dick Cary, American jazz musician, dies at 77
Juvénal Habyarimana (1937-1994)
Apr 6 Rwandan General, Dictator and President of Rwanda (1973-94), assassinated by missile strike on his plane over Kigali, Rwanda at 57
- Apr 6 Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist and architect (Amsterdam), dies of cardiac arrest at 54
- Apr 7 Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (1993-94) and one of the 1st female political figures in Africa, assassinated by the presidential guard in the opening stages of the Rwandan Genocide at 40
- Apr 7 Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (Minister of Finance), dies at 70
- Apr 7 Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56
- Apr 7 Francois de Grossouvre, French politician and adviser to President Mitterrand, commits suicide at 76
- Apr 7 Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), dies at 85
- Apr 7 Ken Carson, American western singer (Garry Moore Show), dies at 79
- Apr 7 Lee Brilleaux, British R&B singer, harmonica player, and guitarist (Dr. Feelgood), dies of lymphoma at 41
- Apr 8 François Rozet, French Canadian actor (b. 1899)
- Apr 8 Irene Eisinger, German-British singer, dies at 91
- Apr 8 Walter Arnold, German theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
- Apr 9 Cor van Dis jr. [Cornelis Nicolas van Dis jr.], Dutch politician (1971-94), dies at 71
- Apr 9 Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59
- Apr 9 Marcel Ichac, French director (Karakoram) and alpinist, dies at 87
- Apr 9 Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
- Apr 10 James L. Lyons, American jazz promoter (Monterey Jazz Festival, 1958-92), dies of a heart attack at 77
- Apr 10 Sam B. Hall, American politician and judge (Rep (D) Texas 1976-85), dies at 70
- Apr 10 Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
- Apr 11 John Nicolaas Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair, Transavia), dies at 64
- Apr 12 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
- Apr 12 Q. T. Macon, American blues singer and guitarist ("Blow Wind"), dies at 60
- Apr 13 Donald Harden, Anglo-Irish archaeologist, Director of the London Museum, dies at 92
- Apr 13 Nikolai Kryuchkov, Soviet Russian film actor (Telegram; Ballad of a Soldier; Town People), dies at 83
- Apr 13 P. J. Engels, Dutch politician (KVP), dies at 70
- Apr 13 Rudolf Hrusinský, Czech actor and director (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 73
- Apr 13 Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64
- Apr 14 Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (b. 1897)
- Apr 14 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered
- Apr 15 John Curry, British figure skater (Olympic gold, World C'ship gold, European C'ship gold 1976), dies from AIDS at 44
- Apr 15 Walter Clegg, British politician, dies at 73
- Apr 16 John McLiam [Williams], Canadian actor (First Blood, Sleeper, Men From Shiloh), dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
- Apr 16 Ralph Ellison, American writer (Invisible Man; Shadow and Cast: Juneteenth), dies of pancreatic cancer at 80
- Apr 16 Ron Vawter, American actor (Roy Cohn; The Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45
- Apr 16 Samuel "Sam" Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (The Lonely Londoners), dies at 70
- Apr 17 Peter Hacker, American journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
- Apr 18 Bill Rexford, American auto racer (NASCAR Grand National Series championship 1950, youngest Cup champion [23]), dies at 67
- Apr 18 Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32
- Apr 19 Frederick Ferrari, English tenor and variety performer (Love Descended Like An Angel), dies at 81
- Apr 19 Larry Davis, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 57
- Apr 19 Louis Simmonds, British bookseller, dies at 87
- Apr 19 Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
- Apr 19 Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
- Apr 20 Jean Carmet, French actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Apr 21 Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93
- Apr 22 Denis Pitts, English journalist, filmmaker, and novelist (Rogue Hercules), dies at 64
- Apr 22 Hans Burkhardt, Swiss-American abstract artist, dies at 89
- Apr 22 Jack Bently, English trombonist, dies at 80
Richard Nixon (1913-1994)
Apr 22 American politician (37th US President (Republican), 1969-74; Vice-President, 1953-61; US Senator from California, 1950-53) and navy veteran, dies of a stroke at 81
- Apr 23 Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30
- Apr 23 Cecile Dreesmann, Dutch textile artist and son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74
- Apr 25 David Langton [Basil Muir Langton-Dodds], Scottish actor (The Avengers, Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship), dies of a heart attack at 82
- Apr 25 George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55
- Apr 25 Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Muslim leader, shot dead at 32
- Apr 26 Manuel Enríquez, Mexican composer, dies at 67
- Apr 26 Masutatsu Oyama, Founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate, dies at 70
- Apr 27 John Preston, American writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
- Apr 27 Lynne Frederick, English actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
- Apr 29 Oscar Sheldon A Williams, artist/critic, dies at 74
- Apr 29 William "Bill" Quinn, American actor (Star Trek, The Birds, Rifleman, All in the Family), dies of natural causes at 81
- Apr 30 Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
- Apr 30 Geoffrey Roberts, English wine merchant (championed Australian and Californian wines), dies at 46
- Apr 30 Richard Scarry, American children's book writer and illustrator (What Do People Do All Day?), dies at 74
- Apr 30 Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
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