Overview
- Alice and Ellen Kessler died on Nov. 17 at their residence near Munich, and authorities said there was no suspicion of foul play.
- German outlet Bild reported the twins chose medical aid in dying, a process legal since 2019 that differs from euthanasia because patients self-administer the drugs.
- Officials confirmed the deaths after responding to a call at the property, providing no indication of criminal involvement.
- In 2024 the sisters said their ashes should be placed in one urn alongside their mother, Elsa, and their dog, Yello, a wish cited in reports of their deaths.
- Internationally known since the 1950s, the Kesslers appeared on CBS's The Red Skelton Hour, represented West Germany at Eurovision in 1959, and performed with Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire.