Events in Film & TV
BAFTA Awards
Apr 11 52nd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "Shakespeare in Love" Best Film, Peter Weir Best Director
Music Concert
Apr 17 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Tony Bennett, Don Henley, Ricky Martin and Charles Aznavour
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Apr 8 Isaac Hempstead Wright, English actor (Bran in Game of Thrones), born in Surrey, England
Weddings in Film & TV
Wayne Brady
Apr 5 Talk show host Wayne Brady (26) weds dancer Mandie Taketa
Deaths in Film & TV
- Apr 2 Andrew Gardner, British newscaster (News at Ten), dies in flight en route to Madeira at 66
- Apr 4 Faith Domergue, American actress and early "scream queen" (Vendetta, House of 7 Corpses), dies at 74
- Apr 10 Jean Vander Pyl, American voice, radio and film actress (The Flintstones, The Jetsons), dies of lung cancer at 79
- Apr 14 Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), dies at 67
- Apr 14 Ellen Corby [Hansen], American actress (The Waltons, Vertigo, Caged), dies of natural causes at 87
- Apr 20 "Ravishing" Rick Rude, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
- Apr 20 Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet) and comedian, dies at 103
- Apr 21 Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American film actor (Wings), singer, and dance bandleader, dies at 94
- Apr 26 Jill Dando, British television presenter, dies at 37
- Apr 28 Rory Calhoun [Francis Timothy McCown], American actor (Blue & Gray, How to Marry a Millionaire), dies of emphysema at 76
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