Josephine Baker (1906-1975)
Apr 12 American-French song and dance revue artist (Folies-Bergere), actress, and civil rights activist, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 68
- Apr 18 Rob Touber [Noordervliet], Dutch television music and variety director, and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 38
- Apr 21 Jack Westrup, English composer, dies at 70
- Apr 24 Pete Ham, Welsh rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Badfinger - "Without You"; "No Matter What"; Day After Day"), takes his own life at 27
- Apr 25 Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer ("Laisse-moi t'aimer" ("Let Me Love You")), commits suicide at 28
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