- Apr 4 Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82
- Apr 22 Charles Sanford, American orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
- Apr 27 Joe Garland, American big band jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer (In the Mood; Serenade To A Savage), dies at 73
- Apr 30 Clive Douglas, Australian composer (Kaditcha; Carwoola), conductor (Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1938-68, and educator, dies at 73
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