- Apr 1 Francisco Moncion, American dancer, dies at 73
- Apr 2 Julius Hemphill, American jazz saxophonist, and composer, dies from complications of diabetes at 57
- Apr 2 Leo LeBlanc, American country musician and pianist who was legally blind, dies of cancer at 55
- Apr 7 Peter Brinson, British ballet and dance writer, lecturer, and promoter (Ballet For All), dies at 75
- Apr 8 Andrej Očenáš, Slovak composer, dies at 84
- Apr 12 Chris Pyne, British jazz, touring, and session trombonist (Mike Gibbs; Ronnnie Scott; Humphrey Lyttelton), dies at 56
- Apr 14 Burl Ives, American folk singer ("A Little Bitty Tear"; "Silver And Gold"), actor (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof), and snowman (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies from complications of mouth cancer at 85
- Apr 14 James Daniel "Danny" Turner, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 75
- Apr 15 Cleo Brown, American jazz pianist, dies at 85
- Apr 19 "King" Herbert Whitaker, American R&B tenor saxophonist, dies at 66
- Apr 22 Don Pullen, American pianist and composer, dies at 53
- Apr 23 Lonesome Sundown [Cornelius Green III], American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 66
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Apr 25 American vaudeville, stage and screen dancer, singer (Top Hat), and Academy Award-winning actress (Kitty Foyle; Stage Door), dies at 83
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