- Apr 2 Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
- Apr 5 Brother Theodore, German-American comedian, dies at 94
- Apr 7 Beatrice Straight, American actress (Network, Poltergeist, Power), dies of pneumonia at 86
- Apr 7 David Graf, American actor (Police Academy- Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry), dies of a heart attack at 50
- Apr 11 Harry Secombe, Welsh actor, comedian, singer and goon (The Goon Show; Oliver!), dies of cancer at 79
- Apr 13 Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death), dies at 73
- Apr 20 Maria Karnilova, American dancer and actress (Fiddler on the Roof, Ivan the Terrible), dies at 80