- Apr 1 Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian soccer striker (14 caps; Lazio, NY Cosmos), dies from heart attack at 65
- Apr 9 Mark Lenzi, American springboard diver (Olympic gold 1992), dies at 43
- Apr 14 Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 92
- Apr 15 Joan Tozzer, American figure skater, dies at 90
- Apr 15 Murray Rose, Australian Olympic gold winning swimmer, dies from leukemia at 73
- Apr 19 Valeri Vasiliev, Soviet ice hockey defenceman (2x Olympic gold, dies at 62
- Apr 23 LeRoy T. Walker, American sports executive (first black president US Olympic Committee 1992-96), dies at 93
- Apr 27 Bill "Moose" Skowron, American baseball first baseman (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1956, 58, 61, 62 NY Yankees, 1963 LA Dodgers), dies from lung cancer at 81
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