- Apr 1 Konstantin Sergeyev, Russian ballet dancer and director of the Kirov Ballet (Swan Lake), dies at 82 [1]
- Apr 1 Nigel Preston, British drummer (The Cult), dies of a drug overdose at 28
- Apr 2 Paula Kelly, American big band singer (The Modernaires), dies at 72 [1]
- Apr 3 (Lloyd) "Slim" Andrews, American actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), comic, and singer-songwriter, dies at 85 [1]
- Apr 4 Arthur Russell, American experimental classical-pop fusion cellist, and composer, dies of AIDS at 40
- Apr 4 Rodolfo Holzmann, Peruvian composer, dies at 81
- Apr 4 Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
- Apr 5 Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band bandleader, dies at 65
- Apr 8 Luc-Andre Marcel, French composer, dies at 73
- Apr 11 Adele Dixon, British stage and screen actress and singer (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83
- Apr 12 Joe Medwick, American R&B singer, and songwriter ("Further On Up The Road"), dies at 61
- Apr 14 Sammy Price, American boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader, dies at 83
- Apr 16 Andy Russell, American drummer and vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72
- Apr 17 Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, American jazz and session saxophonist and clarinetist (Dorsey Brothers; Benny Goodman; Lawrence Wlek), dies at 80
- Apr 17 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
- Apr 19 Rob Clayton, American alternative rock drummer (The Jody Grind), dies in car crash with a drunk driver at 22
- Apr 19 Robert Hayes, American alternative rock bassist (The Jody Grind), dies in car crash with a drunk driver at 24
- Apr 20 Johnny Shines, American delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76
- Apr 25 Brian MacLeod, Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist (Chilliwack), dies of cancer at 39
- Apr 25 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese pop musician dies of pulmonary edema at 26
- Apr 27 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon; St Francois d'Assise), dies at 83
- Apr 27 Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter ("Hawaiian Cowboy"), dies at 72
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