- Apr 1 C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], American country singer (Convoy), dies of cancer at 93
- Apr 1 Neil Stevens, Canadian Hockey HOF, Lacrosse HOF sportswriter (The Canadian Press), dies from cancer at 74
- Apr 1 Roland White [LeBlanc], American bluegrass mandolin player and vocalist (Kentucky Colonels; Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass), dies after a heart attack at 83
- Apr 2 Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (Estelle Costanza - Seinfeld; Toy Story), dies at 93
- Apr 2 Leonel Sánchez, Chilean soccer striker (85 caps; Club Universidad de Chile 413 games, 167 goals), dies at 85
- Apr 3 Gene Shue, American NBA basketball guard, 1954-64, 5X All-Star (New York Knicks, Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons, and 2 other teams), and NBA coach, 1966-89, 2X Coach of the Year (Baltimore/Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, and 2 other teams), dies from melanoma at 90
- Apr 3 June Brown, British actress (EastEnders, 1985–93 & 1997–2020 - "Dot"; Sitting Target), dies at 95
- Apr 3 Stan Parrish, American football coach (Ball State Uni, Wabash College, Kansas State Uni, Marshall Uni; TB Buccaneers QB coach Super Bowl 2002), dies at 75
- Apr 3 Tommy Davis, American baseball utility (3 x MLB All Star; World Series 1963; NL batting champion 1962, 63 LA Dodgers), dies at 83
- Apr 4 Joe Messina, American soul, jazz, and R&B session guitarist (Soupy Sales; The Funk Brothers), dies at 93 [1]
- Apr 4 Petar Skansi, Croatian basketball center (Olympic silver Yugoslavia 1968; Jugoplastika) and coach (Yugoslavia, Croatia, Jugoplastika, Benetton Treviso), dies at 78
- Apr 5 Bobby Rydell [Ridarelli], American pop singer ("Wild One"; "Wildwood Days"), and actor (Bye Bye Birdie), dies of pneumonia at 79 [1]
- Apr 5 Boris Brott, Canadian conductor (Hamilton Philharmonic, 1969-90) and music promoter (Brott Music Festival: National Academy Orchestra of Canada), killed in a hit-and-run accident at 78
- Apr 5 Joaquim Carvalho, Portuguese soccer goalkeeper (6 caps; Sporting CP), dies at 84
- Apr 5 Josef Panáček, Czech sport shooter (Olympic gold skeet 1976), dies at 84
- Apr 5 Nehemiah Persoff, American painter and actor (An American Tail, Some Like It Hot), dies at 102
- Apr 5 Paul Siebel, American folk singer and songwriter (Louise; Spanish Johnny), dies from complications of pulmonary fibrosis at 84
- Apr 6 David McKee, British writer (Elmer the Patchwork Elephant), dies at 87
- Apr 6 Fujiko F. Fujio [Motoo Abiko], Japanese manga cartoon artist (Doraemon), dies at 88
- Apr 6 John Creighton, New Zealand rugby union hooker (1 Test, 6 apps NZ; Canterbury), dies at 85
- Apr 6 Tom Smith, Scottish rugby union loosehead prop (61 Tests, 6 British & Irish Lions; Glasgow Warriors, Caledonia Reds, Northampton Saints RUFC), dies from cancer at 50
- Apr 7 George Bruce, British portrait painter, dies at 92
- Apr 7 Rayfield Wright, American Pro Football HOF offensive tackle (Super Bowl 1971, 77; 3 × First-team All-Pro; 6 × Pro Bowl; Dallas Cowboys), dies at 76
- Apr 8 Henri Depireux, Belgian soccer midfielder (2 caps; RFC Liège, Standard de Liège) and manager (Cameroon, Congo DR, FC Metz), dies at 78
- Apr 9 Dwayne Haskins Jr, American NFL football quarterback (Washington Redskins), dies from injuries sustained when struck on a highway while tending to his disabled vehicle at 24
- Apr 9 Jack Higgins [Harry Patterson], British novelist (The Eagle Has Landed), dies at 92
- Apr 10 John Drew, American basketball small forward (NBA All-Star 1976, 80; Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz), dies from bone cancer at 67
- Apr 10 Philippe Boesmans, Belgian pianist, and composer (Upon La-Mi; Reigen), dies at 85
- Apr 11 Mohammad Hussain, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 3 wickets; 14 ODIs, 13 wickets; Lahore), dies from kidney related illness at 45
Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022)
Apr 12 American stand-up comedian, and actor (SNL; Aladdin - "Iago the Parrot"; The Afflac Duck), dies at 67
- Apr 12 Sergei Yashin, Russian Hockey HOF left winger (Olympic gold USSR 1988; HC Dynamo Moscow, EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen), dies at 60
- Apr 12 Shirley Spork, American golfer and administrator (co-founder LPGA; Women's PGA C'ship runner-up 1962), dies at 94
- Apr 13 Alex Gilady, Israeli journalist (VP NBC Sports; Chairman IAAF Television Commission; 7 x Emmy Awards) and sports official (IOC), dies at 79
- Apr 13 Freddy Rincón, Colombian soccer midfielder (84 caps; Santa Fe, América de Cali, SC Corinthians), dies in car accident at 55
- Apr 13 Gloria Parker [Rosenthal], American marimbist, glasspiel player, songwriter (Clap Your Hands and Shake Your Blues Away), and bandleader, dies at 100 [1]
- Apr 13 Wolfgang Fahrian, German soccer goalkeeper (10 caps DRG; SC Fortuna Köln), dies from pneumonia at 80
- Apr 14 Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist (Hothouse Flowers, 1985-98 - "I'm Sorry", "Don't Go"), dies at 66
Mike Bossy (1957-2022)
Apr 14 Canadian Hockey HOF right wing (Stanley Cup 1980-83; Conn Smythe Trophy 1982; 7 x NHL All Star; NY Islanders), dies of lung cancer at 65 [1]
- Apr 15 Andy Coen, American college football coach (Lehigh University Mountain Hawks 2006-18; record 85-64), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 57
- Apr 15 Art Rupe [Goldberg], American gospel, R&B, and early rock record producer and label executive (Specialty Records - Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price), dies at 104
- Apr 15 Bernhard Germeshausen, German bobsledder (Olympic gold x 4 GDR 1976, 80), dies at 70
- Apr 15 Charles Henry Plumb, British Conservative politician and 15th President of the European Parliament (1987-89), dies at 97
- Apr 15 Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress (A Morgadinha dos Canaviais; Hard Times), dies at 93
- Apr 15 Jack Newton, Australian golfer (British Open runner-up 1975; US Masters runner-up 1980), dies at 72
- Apr 15 Tony Brown, Australian rugby league five-eighth (10 Tests; Newtown RLFC, Penrith RLFC), dies at 86
- Apr 16 Joachim Streich, German soccer striker (102 caps GDR; FC Hansa Rostock, 1. FC Magdeburg) and manager (1. FC Magdeburg), dies at 71
- Apr 17 Jim Hartz, American journalist and newscaster (NBC-TV Today, 1974-77; PBS - Innovations), dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at 82
- Apr 17 Kevin Meates, New Zealand rugby union flanker (2 Tests; Canterbury), dies at 92
- Apr 17 Radu Lupu, Romanian Grammy Award-winning concert pianist (Van Cliburn Competition - gold, 1966; George Enesco Competition - 1st prize, 1967), dies at 76
- Apr 17 Re Styles [Shirley Macleod], Dutch-American actress (Space Is The Place), designer, and rock vocalist (The Tubes, 1976-79), dies at 72
- Apr 18 Harrison Birtwistle, British contemporary classical composer (The Minotaur; The Mask of Orpheus), dies at 87 [1]
- Apr 18 Janez Matičič, Slovenian pianist. conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 95
- Apr 18 Nicholas Angelich, American concert pianist, dies of degenerative lung disease at 51
- Apr 18 Sid Mark [Fliegelman], American disc jockey and 'Frank-ophile' (The Sounds of Sinatra, 1960-2022), dies at 88
- Apr 19 Kane Tanaka, Japanese centenarian (world's 2nd oldest recorded person), dies as the world's oldest living person at 119 [1]
- Apr 19 Mike Gregory, English darts player (BDO World C'ship 1992 runner-up), dies from dementia at 65
- Apr 19 Sandra Pisani, Australian field hockey captain (Olympic gold 1988), dies from cancer at 63
- Apr 20 Bob Krueger, American Democrat politician and diplomat (U.S. ambassador to Botswana & Burundi), dies at 86
- Apr 20 Guitar Shorty [David William Kearney], American blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (You Don't Treat Me Right), dies at 87
- Apr 20 Robert Morse, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actor (Mad Men; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying), dies at 90 [1]
- Apr 21 Daryle Lamonica, American football quarterback (Pro Bowl 1970, 72; AFL MVP 1967, 69; Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills), dies at 80
- Apr 21 Jack Rutherford, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 1 wicket; WA CA), dies at 92
Guy Lafleur (1951-2022)
Apr 22 Canadian Hockey HOF right wing (5 x Stanley Cup, 2 x NHL MVP, NHL Playoff MVP Montreal Canadiens; NY Rangers, Quebec Nordiques), dies of lung cancer at 70 [1]
- Apr 22 Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician (President of Kenya, 2002-13), dies at 90
- Apr 22 Pedrie Wannenburg, South African rugby union flanker (20 Tests; Bulls, Ulster, Castres, Oyonnax), dies in a car accident at 41
- Apr 23 Arno [Arnold Hintjens], Belgian rock singer-songwriter (TC Matic), pancreatic cancer at 72
- Apr 23 Dawie de Villiers, South African rugby union captain and halfback (25 Tests; Western Province), dies at 81
- Apr 23 Johnnie Jones, American attorney, civil rights activist (1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott), and US Army veteran (Normandy Invasion - Purple Heart; Battle of the Bulge), dies at 102 [1]
- Apr 23 Orrin Hatch, American politician (US Senator from Utah (R), 1977-2019) longest-serving Utah US Senator, dies at 88
- Apr 24 (Wilhelm) "Willi" Resetarits, Austrian singer and human rights activist, dies at 73
- Apr 24 Richie Moran, American Lacrosse HOF midfielder (Uni of Maryland) and coach (NCAA National C'ship 1971, 76, 77; Coach of the Year 1971, 77, 87; Cornell), dies at 85
- Apr 25 J. Roy Rowland, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1983-95), dies at 96
- Apr 26 Inge Bernstein (née Schwartz), British judge, dies at 91
- Apr 26 İsmail Ogan, Turkish freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 78kg 1964, silver 1960), dies at 89
- Apr 27 Judy Henske, American folk singer (High Flying Bird), dies at 85
- Apr 29 David Birney, American stage and screen actor (Bridget Loves Bernie; St Elsewhere, 1982-83), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 83
- Apr 30 (Diana) "Naomi" Judd, American Grammy Award-winning country singer (The Judds - "Why Not Me"), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 76
- Apr 30 Mino Raiola, Italian soccer agent (Pavel Nedvěd, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Paul Pogba), dies at 54
- Apr 30 Ron Galella, American celebrity photographer and a pioneer paparazzo (sued by Jackie Onassis; punched by Marlon Brando), dies of heart failure at 91
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