Overview
- Authorities were called to the sisters’ home in Grünwald on Nov. 17 and confirmed both deaths at the adjoining flats where they lived.
- German outlet Bild reports the twins chose medical aid in dying; in Germany assisted suicide is permitted under strict conditions and differs from euthanasia because the patient self‑administers the medication.
- The sisters told Bild in April 2024 they wanted their ashes placed together in a single urn alongside their mother, Elsa, and their dog, Yello.
- Alice and Ellen Kessler rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming Italian TV fixtures and performing with stars including Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire.
- Radio Monte Carlo led tributes, calling the pair inseparable and a defining symbol of European stage and television.