- Apr 2 Carroll Rosenbloom, American businessman and NFL team owner Baltimore Colts, LA Rams, dies of a heart attack at 72
- Apr 2 Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricket wicketkeeper (11 Tests; first West Indian Test century-maker in England), dies at 68
- Apr 6 M Marie Wadlow, American softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61