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ArtistBirthAge in 2026Nationality
1 April
Marcel Amont01/04/1929would have been 97 years old† 08/03/2023France
John '00' Fleming01/04/196957 yearsUnited Kingdom
John Barbata01/04/1945would have been 81 years old† 08/05/2024United States
Marc Grauwels01/04/195472 yearsBelgium
Arthur Smith01/04/1921would have been 105 years old† 03/04/2014United States
2 April
Gregory Abbott02/04/195472 yearsUnited States
Dr. Demento02/04/194185 yearsUnited States
Marvin Gaye02/04/1939would have been 87 years old† 01/04/1984United States
Emmylou Harris02/04/194779 yearsUnited States
Larry Coryell02/04/1943would have been 83 years old† 19/02/2017United States
Thierry Le Luron02/04/1952would have been 74 years old† 13/11/1986France
Solveig Slettahjell02/04/197155 yearsNorway
3 April
Lloyd Brown03/04/1913would have been 113 years old† 01/04/2003United States
Doris Day03/04/1922would have been 104 years old† 13/05/2019United States
François De Roubaix03/04/1939would have been 87 years old† 21/11/1975France
Hussein Fatal03/04/1973would have been 53 years old† 11/07/2015United States
Henri Garat03/04/1902would have been 124 years old† 13/08/1959France
Grégoire03/04/197947 yearsFrance
Jorma Hynninen03/04/194185 yearsFinland
Lili Kraus03/04/1903would have been 123 years old† 06/11/1986Hungary / United Kingdom
Leona Lewis03/04/198541 yearsUnited Kingdom
Jimmy McGriff03/04/1936would have been 90 years old† 24/05/2008United States
Mikhaïl Rudy03/04/195373 yearsFrance
Mistinguett03/04/1875would have been 151 years old† 05/01/1956France
Dario Moreno03/04/1921would have been 105 years old† 01/12/1968Turkey
MURPHY Eddie03/04/196165 yearsUnited States
Billy Joe Royal03/04/1942would have been 84 years old† 06/10/2015United States
Spiller03/04/197551 yearsItaly
Tony Orlando03/04/194482 yearsUnited States
4 April
William Baldé04/04/197155 yearsFrance
Carol Douglas04/04/194878 yearsUnited States
Major Lance04/04/1939would have been 87 years old† 03/09/1994United States
Maribelle04/04/196066 yearsNetherlands
Hugh Masekela04/04/1939would have been 87 years old† 23/01/2018South Africa
Gary Moore04/04/1952would have been 74 years old† 06/02/2011United Kingdom
Pierre Monteux04/04/1875would have been 151 years old† 01/07/1964United States / France
Muddy Waters04/04/1913would have been 113 years old† 30/04/1983United States
5 April
Peter Case05/04/195472 yearsUnited States
Paula Cole05/04/196858 yearsUnited States
Agnetha Fältskog05/04/195076 yearsSweden
Harpo05/04/195076 yearsSweden
Herbert von Karajan05/04/1908would have been 118 years old† 16/07/1989Austria / Germany
Stan Ridgway05/04/195472 yearsUnited States
Crispian St. Peters05/04/1939would have been 87 years old† 08/06/2010United Kingdom
Stanley Turrentine05/04/1932would have been 94 years old† 12/09/2000United States
6 April
Patrick Doyle06/04/195373 yearsUnited Kingdom
Gordon Giltrap06/04/194878 yearsUnited Kingdom
Patrick Hernandez06/04/194977 yearsFrance
Gerry Mulligan06/04/1927would have been 99 years old† 19/01/1996United States
André Previn06/04/1929would have been 97 years old† 28/02/2019United States / Germany
Gheorghe Zamfir06/04/194185 yearsRomania
7 April
Axel Bauer07/04/196165 yearsFrance
Percy Faith07/04/1908would have been 118 years old† 09/02/1976Canada / United States
Billie Holiday07/04/1915would have been 111 years old† 17/07/1959United States
Janis Ian07/04/195175 yearsUnited States
Johannes Somary07/04/1935would have been 91 years old† 01/02/2011-
Babatunde Olatunji07/04/1927would have been 99 years old† 06/04/2003United States / Nigeria
Patricia Paay07/04/194977 yearsNetherlands
Mongo Santamaria07/04/1917would have been 109 years old† 01/02/2003Cuba
Ravi Shankar07/04/1920would have been 106 years old† 11/12/2012India
Michèle Torr07/04/194779 yearsFrance
8 April
Anouk08/04/197551 yearsNetherlands
Jacques Brel08/04/1929would have been 97 years old† 09/10/1978Belgium
Roger Chapman08/04/194284 yearsUnited Kingdom
Franco Corelli08/04/1921would have been 105 years old† 29/10/2003Italy
Robin George08/04/1956would have been 70 years old† 26/04/2024-
Steve Howe08/04/194779 yearsUnited Kingdom
Julian Lennon08/04/196363 yearsUnited Kingdom
Conner Reeves08/04/197254 yearsUnited Kingdom
9 April
Antal Dorati09/04/1906would have been 120 years old† 13/11/1988Hungary / United States
E09/04/196363 yearsUnited States
Jacques Pellen09/04/1957would have been 69 years old† 21/04/2020France
Carl Perkins09/04/1932would have been 94 years old† 19/01/1998United States
Patty Pravo09/04/194878 yearsItaly
Paul Robeson09/04/1898would have been 128 years old† 23/01/1976United States
10 April
Babyface10/04/195967 yearsUnited States
Claude Bolling10/04/1930would have been 96 years old† 29/12/2020France
Rémy Bricka10/04/194977 yearsFrance
Sophie Ellis-Bextor10/04/197947 yearsUnited Kingdom
Bo Hansson10/04/1943would have been 83 years old† 23/04/2010Sweden
Jaap ter Linden10/04/194779 yearsNetherlands
CB Milton10/04/196858 yearsNetherlands
Willie Nelson10/04/193393 yearsUnited States
Loïc Nottet10/04/199630 yearsBelgium
Shinehead10/04/196264 yearsJamaica
St Germain10/04/196957 yearsFrance
Ricky Valance10/04/1936would have been 90 years old† 12/06/2020United Kingdom
11 April
Aleandro Baldi11/04/195967 yearsItaly
El Chato11/04/196165 yearsFrance
Nicoletta11/04/194482 yearsFrance
Lisa Stansfield11/04/196660 yearsUnited Kingdom
Joss Stone11/04/198739 yearsUnited Kingdom
Allan Theo11/04/197254 yearsFrance
Vader Abraham11/04/1935would have been 91 years old† 08/11/2022Netherlands
Whigfield11/04/197056 yearsDenmark
12 April
Jean-Louis Aubert12/04/195571 yearsFrance
David Cassidy12/04/1950would have been 76 years old† 21/11/2017United States
Edouard Commette12/04/1883would have been 143 years old† 21/04/1967France
Johnny Dodds And His Orchestra12/04/1892would have been 134 years old† 08/08/1940United States
Lisa Gerrard12/04/196165 yearsAustralia
Herbie Hancock12/04/194086 yearsUnited States
Montserrat Caballé12/04/1933would have been 93 years old† 06/10/2018Spain
Pat Travers12/04/195472 yearsCanada
13 April
Peabo Bryson13/04/1951would have been 75 years old† 02/06/2026United States
Vladimir Cosma13/04/194086 yearsFrance / Romania
Guy Fanfant13/04/193789 yearsFrance
Al Green13/04/194680 yearsUnited States
Lou Bega13/04/197551 yearsGermany
Patrick Verbeke13/04/1949would have been 77 years old† 22/08/2021France
14 April
Michel Alibo14/04/195967 yearsFrance
Loretta Lynn14/04/1932would have been 94 years old† 04/10/2022United States
15 April
Bessie Smith15/04/1894would have been 132 years old† 26/09/1937United States
Dave Edmunds15/04/194482 yearsUnited Kingdom
Samantha Fox15/04/196660 yearsUnited Kingdom
Anne Germain15/04/1935would have been 91 years old† 13/09/2016France
Marsha Hunt15/04/194680 yearsUnited States / United Kingdom
Nick Kamen15/04/1962would have been 64 years old† 04/05/2021United Kingdom
Raggio Di Luna15/04/195472 yearsFrance
Liam O'Flynn15/04/1945would have been 81 years old† 14/03/2018Ireland
Sir Neville Marriner15/04/1924would have been 102 years old† 02/10/2016United Kingdom
Marty Wilde15/04/193987 yearsUnited Kingdom
16 April
Akon16/04/197353 yearsUnited States / Senegal
Alisha16/04/196858 yearsUnited States
Michel Blanc16/04/195274 yearsFrance
Charlie Chaplin16/04/1889would have been 137 years old† 25/12/1977United Kingdom
Lucienne Delyle16/04/1913would have been 113 years old† 10/04/1962France
Geoffrey Oryema16/04/1953would have been 73 years old† 22/06/2018France / Uganda
Chas Jankel16/04/195274 yearsUnited Kingdom
Henry Mancini16/04/1924would have been 102 years old† 14/06/1994United States
Herbie Mann16/04/1930would have been 96 years old† 01/07/2003United States
Jean-François Michael16/04/194680 yearsFrance
R. Carlos Nakai16/04/194680 yearsUnited States
Gerry Rafferty16/04/1947would have been 79 years old† 04/01/2011United Kingdom
Dusty Springfield16/04/1939would have been 87 years old† 02/03/1999United Kingdom
Ray Ventura16/04/1908would have been 118 years old† 29/03/1979France
Bobby Vinton16/04/193591 yearsUnited States
17 April
Billy Fury17/04/1940would have been 86 years old† 28/01/1983United Kingdom
Jan Hammer17/04/194878 yearsUnited States / Czech Republic
Niki Haris17/04/196264 yearsUnited States
Pat Krimson17/04/196561 yearsBelgium
Redman17/04/197056 yearsUnited States
Michael Sembello17/04/195472 yearsUnited States
18 April
Hal Galper18/04/1938would have been 88 years old† 18/07/2025United States
Jean Guillou18/04/1930would have been 96 years old† 26/01/2019France
Sean Maguire18/04/197650 yearsUnited Kingdom
Todd Terry18/04/196759 yearsUnited States
Zazie18/04/196462 yearsFrance
19 April
Alan Price19/04/194185 yearsUnited Kingdom
Tim Curry19/04/1946would have been 80 years old† 25/08/2026United States / United Kingdom
Daguerre19/04/196957 yearsFrance
Marlene19/04/196957 yearsSpain / France
Stevie B19/04/195868 yearsUnited States
Chris Stills19/04/197452 yearsUnited States / France
20 April
Ernest Bour20/04/1913would have been 113 years old† 20/06/2001France
Lionel Hampton20/04/1908would have been 118 years old† 31/08/2002United States
Henri Renaud20/04/1925would have been 101 years old† 16/10/2002France
Justin Warfield20/04/197353 yearsUnited States
Yves Larock20/04/197749 yearsSwitzerland
Richenel20/04/1957would have been 69 years old† 13/03/2020Netherlands
Johnny Tillotson20/04/1938would have been 88 years old† 01/04/2025United States
Tina Cousins20/04/197155 yearsUnited Kingdom
Luther Vandross20/04/1951would have been 75 years old† 01/07/2005United States
Josh Wink20/04/197056 yearsUnited States
21 April
Paul Davis21/04/1948would have been 78 years old† 22/04/2008United States
Leonard Warren21/04/1911would have been 115 years old† 04/03/1960United States
Andie MacDowell21/04/195868 yearsUnited States
Iggy Pop21/04/194779 yearsUnited States
Anthony Quinn21/04/1915would have been 111 years old† 03/06/2001Mexico - United States
Robert Smith21/04/195967 yearsUnited Kingdom
22 April
Glen Campbell22/04/1936would have been 90 years old† 08/08/2017United States
Candido22/04/1921would have been 105 years old† 07/11/2020Cuba
Paul Carrack22/04/195175 yearsUnited Kingdom
Charles Mingus22/04/1922would have been 104 years old† 05/01/1979United States
Peter Frampton22/04/195076 yearsUnited Kingdom
Lokua Kanza22/04/195868 yearsCongo
Jack Nitzsche22/04/1937would have been 89 years old† 25/08/2000United States
Tomita22/04/1932would have been 94 years old† 05/05/2016Japan
23 April
Jacqueline Boyer23/04/194185 yearsFrance
Julie23/04/194878 yearsItaly
Michel Leeb23/04/194779 yearsItaly / France / Germany
Patricia Manterola23/04/197254 yearsMexico
John Miles23/04/1949would have been 77 years old† 05/12/2021United Kingdom
Narada Michael Walden23/04/195274 yearsUnited States / India
Roy Orbison23/04/1936would have been 90 years old† 06/12/1988United States
Out Of The Ordinary23/04/1964would have been 62 years old† 06/11/1993Germany
Ray Peterson23/04/1935would have been 91 years old† 25/01/2005United States
Ruggiero Leoncavallo23/04/1857would have been 169 years old† 09/08/1919-
24 April
Ronnie Bird24/04/194680 yearsFrance
Captain Sensible24/04/195472 yearsUnited Kingdom
Kelly Clarkson24/04/198244 yearsUnited States
Claude Dubois24/04/194779 yearsQuebec
Shirley MacLaine24/04/193492 yearsUnited States
Mano Solo24/04/1963would have been 63 years old† 10/01/2010France
Pino Massara24/04/1931would have been 95 years old† 23/07/2013Italy
Dick Rivers24/04/1945would have been 81 years old† 24/04/2019France
Véronique Sanson24/04/194977 yearsFrance
Barbra Streisand24/04/194284 yearsUnited States
John Williams24/04/194185 yearsUnited Kingdom / Australia
25 April
Albert Uderzo25/04/1927would have been 99 years old† 24/03/2020France
Tony Christie25/04/194383 yearsUnited Kingdom
Fish25/04/195868 yearsUnited Kingdom
Ella Fitzgerald25/04/1917would have been 109 years old† 15/06/1996United States
Wendo Kolosoy25/04/1925would have been 101 years old† 28/07/2008Congo
Herbert Pagani25/04/1944would have been 82 years old† 16/08/1988Italy
26 April
Marie Bizet26/04/1905would have been 121 years old† 10/07/1998France
D.C. Larue26/04/194878 yearsUnited States
Duane Eddy26/04/1938would have been 88 years old† 30/04/2024United States
EDDY Duane26/04/193888 yearsUnited States
Giorgia26/04/197155 yearsItaly
Francis Lai26/04/1932would have been 94 years old† 07/11/2018France
Marc Antoine26/04/197749 yearsCanada
Giorgio Moroder26/04/194086 yearsItaly
Ms. Dynamite26/04/198145 yearsUnited Kingdom
Bobby Rydell26/04/1942would have been 84 years old† 05/04/2022United States
Gary Wright26/04/1943would have been 83 years old† 04/09/2023United States
27 April
Christian Zacharias27/04/195076 yearsGermany
Tony Di Bart27/04/196462 yearsUnited Kingdom
Sheena Easton27/04/195967 yearsUnited Kingdom
Ace Frehley27/04/1951would have been 75 years old† 16/10/2025United States
Mica Paris27/04/196957 yearsUnited Kingdom
Robin S.27/04/196264 yearsUnited States
Angus Stone27/04/198640 yearsAustralia
28 April
Bahamas28/04/198145 yearsCanada
Cesarius Alvim28/04/195076 yearsBrazil
Jacques Dutronc28/04/194383 yearsFrance
Scott Fitzgerald28/04/194878 yearsUnited Kingdom
Jimmy Frey28/04/193987 yearsBelgium
Ginette Reno28/04/194680 yearsCanada
29 April
Anggun29/04/197452 yearsIndonesia
Craig Armstrong29/04/195967 yearsUnited Kingdom
Lili Boniche29/04/1922would have been 104 years old† 06/03/2008France
Lonnie Donegan29/04/1931would have been 95 years old† 03/11/2002United Kingdom
Duke Ellington29/04/1899would have been 127 years old† 24/05/1974United States
Ozark Henry29/04/197056 yearsBelgium
Jean Rochefort29/04/1930would have been 96 years old† 09/10/2017France
Zizi Jeanmaire29/04/1924would have been 102 years old† 17/07/2020France
Gerard Joling29/04/196066 yearsNetherlands
Lionel Florence29/04/195868 yearsFrance
Michelle Pfeiffer29/04/195868 yearsUnited States
Tino Rossi29/04/1907would have been 119 years old† 26/09/1983France
Otis Rush29/04/1934would have been 92 years old† 29/09/2018United States
Toots Thielemans29/04/1922would have been 104 years old† 22/08/2016United States / Belgium
Zubin Mehta29/04/193690 yearsUnited States / India
30 April
Johnny Horton30/04/1925would have been 101 years old† 05/11/1960United States
Jasper Steverlinck30/04/197650 yearsBelgium
Franz Lehár30/04/1870would have been 156 years old† 24/10/1948Hungary / Austria
Marc Morgan30/04/1962would have been 64 years old† 10/01/2020Belgium
Turbo B.30/04/196759 yearsUnited States
Bobby Vee30/04/1943would have been 83 years old† 24/10/2016United States
? Date unknown
Will Stratton04/198739 yearsUnited States

117Death

ArtistDeathThere areAge at deathNationality
1 April
Lonnie Brooks01/04/20179 years83 yearsUnited States
Lloyd Brown01/04/200323 years89 yearsUnited States
Caravelli01/04/20197 years88 yearsFrance
Marvin Gaye01/04/198442 years44 yearsUnited States
Patrick Juvet01/04/20215 years70 yearsSwitzerland
Johnny Tillotson01/04/20251s86 yearsUnited States
2 April
Gato Barbieri02/04/201610 years83 yearsArgentina
Buddy Rich02/04/198739 years69 yearsUnited States
Edwin Starr02/04/200323 years61 yearsUnited States
3 April
Fad Gadget03/04/200224 years45 yearsUnited Kingdom
Johannes Brahms03/04/1897129 years63 yearsGermany
Arthur Smith03/04/201412 years93 yearsUnited States
Sarah Vaughan03/04/199036 years66 yearsUnited States
5 April
Booker Newberry III05/04/20233 years67 yearsUnited States
Kurt Cobain05/04/199432 years27 yearsUnited States
Leon Haywood05/04/201610 years74 yearsUnited States
Louis Nelson05/04/199036 years87 yearsUnited States
Gene Pitney05/04/200620 years66 yearsUnited States
Cozy Powell05/04/199828 years50 yearsUnited Kingdom
Bobby Rydell05/04/20224 years79 yearsUnited States
6 April
Jacques Higelin06/04/20188 years77 yearsFrance
Igor Stravinsky06/04/197155 years88 yearsUnited States / Switzerland / France
Babatunde Olatunji06/04/200323 years75 yearsUnited States / Nigeria
Tammy Wynette06/04/199828 years55 yearsUnited States
7 April
Heinz07/04/200026 years57 yearsUnited Kingdom
Clarence "Frogman" Henry07/04/20242 years87 yearsUnited States
John Shirley-Quirk07/04/201412 years82 yearsUnited Kingdom
Larry Santos07/04/20260s84 yearsUnited States
Jean Tranchant07/04/197254 years68 yearsFrance
Conny Vandenbos07/04/200224 years65 yearsNetherlands
8 April
Gaetano Donizetti08/04/1848178 years50 years-
John McCarthy08/04/200917 years92 yearsUnited Kingdom
Malcom McLaren08/04/201016 years64 yearsUnited Kingdom
Laura Nyro08/04/199729 years49 yearsUnited States
9 April
Brook Benton09/04/198838 years56 yearsUnited States
Jacques Morel09/04/200818 years85 yearsFrance
Trinity09/04/20215 years67 yearsJamaica
Max Werner09/04/20242 years70 yearsNetherlands
10 April
Lucienne Delyle10/04/196264 years48 yearsFrance
Little Eva10/04/200323 years59 yearsUnited States
King Oliver10/04/193888 years56 yearsUnited States
Dakota Staton10/04/200719 years76 yearsUnited States
11 April
Emile Ford11/04/201610 years78 yearsUnited Kingdom
Fud Candrix11/04/197452 years65 yearsBelgium
Jack Hammer11/04/201610 years90 yearsUnited States
June Pointer11/04/200620 years52 yearsUnited States
12 April
Josephine Baker12/04/197551 years68 yearsUnited States / France
13 April
Maire Brennan13/04/20260s73 yearsIreland
Eduard van Beinum13/04/195967 years58 yearsNetherlands
14 April
Georg Friedrich Händel14/04/1759267 years74 yearsUnited Kingdom
Vladimir Mayakovsky14/04/193096 years36 years-
Anthony Newley14/04/199927 years67 yearsUnited Kingdom
Percy Sledge14/04/201511 years74 yearsUnited States
15 April
Lee Konitz15/04/20206 years92 yearsUnited States
Joey Ramone15/04/200125 years49 yearsUnited States
16 April
Christophe16/04/20206 years74 yearsFrance
17 April
Henry "Red" Allen And His Orchestra17/04/196759 years59 yearsUnited States
Black Rob17/04/20215 years52 yearsUnited States
Eddie Cochran17/04/196066 years21 yearsUnited States
Pierre Larquey17/04/196264 years77 yearsFrance
19 April
Richard Anthony19/04/201511 years77 yearsFrance
Dave Mason19/04/20260s79 yearsUnited Kingdom
Jean Pâques19/04/197452 years72 yearsBelgium
Jim Steinman19/04/20215 years73 yearsUnited States
Willie Mabon19/04/198541 years59 yearsUnited States
20 April
Avicii20/04/20188 years28 yearsSweden
Giuseppe Sinopoli20/04/200125 years54 yearsItaly
Francis Lemarque20/04/200224 years84 yearsFrance
Pierre Rapsat20/04/200224 years53 yearsBelgium
21 April
Edouard Commette21/04/196759 years84 yearsFrance
MC Duke21/04/20242 years58 yearsUnited Kingdom
Jacques Pellen21/04/20206 years63 yearsFrance
Prince21/04/201610 years57 yearsUnited States
Nina Simone21/04/200323 years70 yearsUnited States
Willi Boskovsky21/04/199135 years81 yearsAustria
Al Wilson21/04/200818 years68 yearsUnited States
22 April
Paul Davis22/04/200818 years60 yearsUnited States
Earl Hines22/04/198343 years79 yearsUnited States
Édouard Lalo22/04/1892134 years69 yearsFrance
Jane Froman22/04/198046 years72 yearsUnited States
Richie Havens22/04/201313 years72 yearsUnited States
Heather Harper22/04/20197 years88 yearsUnited Kingdom
Michael Tilson Thomas22/04/20260s81 yearsUnited States
Margaret Singana22/04/200026 years62 yearsSouth Africa
23 April
Arno23/04/20224 years72 yearsBelgium
Chris Ethridge23/04/201214 years65 yearsUnited States
Bo Hansson23/04/201016 years67 yearsSweden
24 April
Hamilton Bohannon24/04/20206 years78 yearsUnited States
Christa Ludwig24/04/20215 years93 yearsFrance / Germany
Papa Wemba24/04/201610 years66 yearsCongo
Billy Paul24/04/201610 years81 yearsUnited States
Dick Rivers24/04/20197 years74 yearsFrance
Tony Wilson24/04/20260s78 years-
25 April
Harry Belafonte25/04/20233 years96 yearsUnited States / Jamaica
Mike Brant25/04/197551 years28 yearsIsrael
Jo Carlier25/04/200125 years70 yearsBelgium
Sam Fletcher25/04/198937 years56 yearsUnited States
Dexter Gordon25/04/199036 years67 yearsUnited States
Roger Troutman25/04/199927 years47 yearsUnited States
26 April
Count Basie26/04/198442 years79 yearsUnited States
Robin George26/04/20242 years68 years-
Klaus Schulze26/04/20224 years74 yearsGermany
27 April
Olivier Messiaen27/04/199234 years83 yearsFrance
Vicki Sue Robinson27/04/200026 years45 yearsUnited States
Mstislav Rostropovich27/04/200719 years80 yearsRussia
28 April
Francis Travis28/04/20179 years95 yearsUnited States / Switzerland
29 April
Eric Charden29/04/201214 years69 yearsFrance
Johnny Crawford29/04/20215 years75 yearsUnited States
Rose Laurens29/04/20188 years67 yearsFrance
30 April
Duane Eddy30/04/20242 years86 yearsUnited States
Joe Louis Walker30/04/20251s75 yearsUnited States
Ben E. King30/04/201511 years76 yearsUnited States
Grégory Lemarchal30/04/200719 years23 yearsFrance
Mario Carlin30/04/198442 years68 yearsItaly
Patachou30/04/201511 years96 yearsFrance
André Valardy30/04/200719 years68 yearsBelgium
Muddy Waters30/04/198343 years70 yearsUnited States