Overview
- Police confirmed a deployment to the sisters’ home in Grünwald and reported no indications of third‑party involvement, with standard death inquiries underway.
- The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben (DGHS) said the twins were long-time members, chose November 17 for their deaths, and were accompanied by a jurist and a physician.
- News agencies including AFP and dpa reported the deaths as an assisted suicide, updating earlier reports that noted only the police presence.
- The sisters had publicly expressed a wish to be united in death and had revised their testament to benefit several charities and to be buried together.
- Internationally known since the 1950s for stage, film and television, the duo were honored in July with the Bavarian Order of Merit.