- Apr 2 Juanito, Spanish soccer forward (34 caps; Real Madrid 284 games, 85 goals), dies in car crash at 37
- Apr 4 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess grandmaster (World C'ship 3rd 1948; 8 x US C'ship gold), dies of a heart attack at 80
- Apr 13 Stuart Surridge, English cricketer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74
- Apr 20 Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 69
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