Events in Film & TV
- Apr 4 Kathie Lee Gifford leaves NBC's "Today" show after 11 years
- Apr 7 WrestleMania XXXV, Metlife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Becky Lynch beats Raw women's champion Ronda Rousey and SmackDown champion Charlotte Flair to win both titles
- Apr 8 Actress Allison Mack pleads guilty to sex-trafficking charges for her involvement in sex cult NXIVM
Film Premiere
Apr 22 Marvel film "Avengers: Endgame" directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and an ensemble cast, premieres in Los Angeles
Television Debut
Apr 28 TV series "Game of Thrones: The Long Night" episode debuts with the longest battle ever screened (nearly 80 mins), surpassing "Lord of the Rings" Battle of Helm's Deep (44 mins)
- Apr 29 Sports Illustrated features a Muslim model, Halima Aden, in a Burkini for the first time in their swimsuit edition
Deaths in Film & TV
- Apr 7 Seymour Cassel, American actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino), dies at 84
- Apr 11 Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), dies of pneumonia at 81
- Apr 12 Georgia Engel, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1972-77 - "Georgette"; Hot In Cleveland, 2011-15 -"Mamie-Sue"), dies at 70
- Apr 14 Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson, Swedish actress (Persona, Wild Strawberries), dies at 83
- Apr 16 Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (The Party, Sierra Sue), dies at 101
- Apr 18 Mark Medoff, American playwright, director, actor and professor (Children of a Lesser God), dies at 79
- Apr 24 Dick Rivers [Hervé Forneri], French rock and roll singer and actor, dies from cancer on his 74th birthday
- Apr 29 John Singleton, American director and screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood), dies of a stroke at 51
- Apr 30 Peter Mayhew, British American actor (Chewbacca in Star Wars), dies at 74
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