- Apr 3 Zoltan Pongracz, Hungarian composer (Mariphonia), dies at 95
- Apr 5 Mark St. John [Norton], American rock guitarist (KISS, April- November, 1984), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 51
- Apr 10 Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), dies at 76
- Apr 14 Don Ho, Hawaiian-American pop and Hawaiian music singer ("Tiny Bubbles"; "Ain't No Big Thing!"), dies of heart failure at 76
- Apr 20 Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist, composer and educator, dies at 75
- Apr 21 Lobby Loyde [John Lyde], Australian rock guitarist and songwriter (The Purple Heart; Wild Cherries; Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs), dies at 65
- Apr 25 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), dies from leukemia at 69
- Apr 28 Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist & bandleader (The Tonight Show), dies at 78
- Apr 30 Grégory Lemarchal, French pop singer, dies of health complications while waiting for a lung transplant at 23
- Apr 30 Zoletta "Zola" Taylor, American pop singer (The Platters, 1954-62 - "The Great Pretender"; "Only You"; "Twilight Time"), dies at 69
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