- Apr 7 Seymour Cassel, American actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino), dies at 84
- Apr 11 Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), dies of pneumonia at 81
- Apr 12 Georgia Engel, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1972-77 - "Georgette"; Hot In Cleveland, 2011-15 -"Mamie-Sue"), dies at 70
- Apr 14 Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson, Swedish actress (Persona, Wild Strawberries), dies at 83
- Apr 16 Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (The Party, Sierra Sue), dies at 101
- Apr 18 Mark Medoff, American playwright, director, actor and professor (Children of a Lesser God), dies at 79
- Apr 21 Ken Kercheval, American actor (Cliff Barnes-Dallas), dies at 83
- Apr 24 Dick Rivers [Hervé Forneri], French rock and roll singer and actor, dies from cancer on his 74th birthday
- Apr 29 John Singleton, American director and screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood), dies of a stroke at 51
- Apr 30 Peter Mayhew, British American actor (Chewbacca in Star Wars), dies at 74
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