Overview
- The German right-to-die group DGHS reported the deaths, and Bavarian police said the sisters were found at their Grünwald residence on November 17 with no signs of third‑party involvement.
- The twins set the date in advance, as shown by a letter to the Bavarian paper Abendzeitung that changed a subscription cancellation to take effect on November 17.
- Public broadcaster BR reported that a doctor and a lawyer were present during their final hours.
- The sisters left instructions for a single urn with their mother Elsa and dog Yello and directed their assets to Médecins Sans Frontières.
- Alice and Ellen Kessler were postwar entertainment icons who represented West Germany at Eurovision in 1959, became stars in Italy, and received the Bavarian Order of Merit this year.