Overview
- Local authorities confirmed both sisters were found dead at their shared Grünwald home and said no foul play was suspected.
- German newspaper Bild reported the twin entertainers ended their lives together using medical aid in dying.
- Police were notified after the process, and the sisters had lived in adjoining flats separated by a sliding wall.
- In a 2024 interview, they said their ashes should be placed together in one urn with their mother Elsa and their dog Yello.
- The postwar stars rose from the Leipzig Opera to European TV and U.S. variety shows, performing with figures such as Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire.