- Apr 5 Gene Pitney, American vocalist and songwriter ("Town Without Pity"; "Hello Mary Lou"; "He's A Rebel"), dies of a heart attack at 66
- Apr 6 Augustyn Bloch, Polish composer, dies at 76
- Apr 8 (Heinz) "Henry" Lewy, German-American sound engineer and record producer (Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stephen Bishop, Judee Sill, The Monkees), dies at 79
- Apr 9 Robin Orr, Scottish composer, dies at 96
- Apr 11 June Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters -"Fire"; "He's So Shy"; "Jump (For My Love)'; "Slow Hand"), dies of cancer at 52
- Apr 11 Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32
- Apr 12 Rajkumar [Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju], Indian actor and singer in Kannada cinema and cultural icon, dies at 76
- Apr 28 Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer, dies at 79
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