List of Famous people who died at 88

Danièle Dupré (1927–2015) was a French singer from the 1950s, most notable for representing Luxembourg in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Amours mortes – Faded Love – where she finished in a tie for fourth.

Emilio T. Yap Sr., GCLH was a Chinese Filipino business tycoon. He was the chairman of the board of the Manila Bulletin.

Altamiro Rossato was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. He was Archbishop of Porto Alegre from 1991 till 2001.

Jacques Fouad Acar was a French doctor and microbiologist who specialized in antibiotics.

Philip Rapp was a film and television director and screenwriter. He wrote for Eddie Cantor and for a brief period, wrote film scripts for Danny Kaye. Rapp is perhaps best known as the creator of Baby Snooks and The Bickersons. Rapp died on January 23, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California.

Edward "Ed" James Swearingen was an aeronautical engineer based in San Antonio, Texas.