- Apr 1 Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death), dies at 34
- Apr 5 Cozy Powell [Colin Flooks] English rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group; Emerson, Lake & Powell), dies in a car crash at 50
- Apr 5 John Wilbraham, British classical, baroque, and session trumpeter (Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour), and educator, dies at 53
Tammy Wynette (1942-1998)
Apr 6 American country singer ("Stand By Your Man"), dies at 55
- Apr 6 Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
- Apr 7 Broery Marantika [Simon Pesulima], Indonesian blues and jazz singer, and actor, dies at 51
- Apr 9 Tom Cora, American cellist and composer, dies at 44
- Apr 11 Ivan Tcherepnin, American experimental and postmodern composer, dies at 55
- Apr 15 Rose Maddox, American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter, and fiddle player (Sing a Little Song of Heartache), dies of kidney failure at 72
Linda McCartney (1941-1998)
Apr 17 American photographer, musician (Wings) and wife of Paul McCartney, dies of breast cancer at 56
- Apr 19 Liam Sullivan, American singer and actor (Star Trek; The Magic Sword; Monroes), dies of a heart attack at 74
- Apr 21 Peter Lind Hayes, American comedian and singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show), dies at 82
- Apr 24 Mel Powell [Epstein], American composer (Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra - Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1990), dies from liver cancer at 75
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