Overview
- Munich police said the deaths were a joint suicide and reported no signs of foul play.
- The German Society for Humane Dying said the twins died by assisted suicide, with Bavaria’s public broadcaster BR reporting a doctor and a lawyer were present.
- Authorities responded to the sisters’ home in Grünwald on Nov. 17, where they lived in adjoining flats, and were notified after the procedure.
- Assisted dying is permitted in Germany under strict conditions following a 2020 Constitutional Court ruling, distinct from illegal euthanasia.
- The Kesslers were postwar stars who performed with Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra and had stated they wanted a shared urn with their mother and dog.