Overview
- The identical entertainers were found dead together on November 17 at their residence in Grünwald near Munich.
- Munich police confirmed a deployment at the address and reported no indication of third‑party involvement.
- The German Society for Humane Dying (DGHS) said the sisters had long prepared an assisted suicide, chose the date themselves, and were accompanied by a jurist and a physician.
- The pair had publicly stated a wish to be united in death and had updated their wills to benefit several charities, including Doctors Without Borders and UNICEF.
- Born in 1936 in Saxony, the internationally known singers and dancers rose to fame from the Paris Lido in the 1950s and were awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in July.