-The View co-host Jenny McCarthy, 41, announced her engagement to singer-actor Donnie Wahlberg, 44, on the April 16 episode. He popped the question with help from her 11-year-old son, Evan. This is the second marriage for both.
-Scoop Marketing publicist Erik Stein and his fiancee, Publicity Please owner Renee Harrison, announced their engagement on Feb. 13. The Los Angeles-based couple, both veterans of major labels, chose the date because Stein says it combined "the good luck of '13' and neatly avoided Valentine's Day."
-Puerto Rican salsa legend Cheo Feliciano, who was a member of the Fania All Stars, died in a car accident on April 17 in Puerto Rico. He was 78.
-Country singer-songwriter Raymond "Mundo" Earwood succumbed to pancreatic cancer on April 21. The artist, 61, was best-known for the song "Things I'd Do for You."