Overview
- Alice and Ellen Kessler were discovered dead together on November 17 at their home in Grünwald near Munich, according to multiple outlets.
- Munich police confirmed a deployment to the residence and said there were no indications of third‑party involvement, with routine death inquiries underway.
- AFP reported the deaths as suicide, updating earlier notices that did not specify a cause.
- Local outlet tz cited the German right-to-die group DGHS saying the twins had long planned an assisted death with professional accompaniment, a claim official statements have not detailed.
- The internationally known performers, born in 1936, had publicly expressed a wish to be united in death, and first reports of their passing were carried by Bild before agency confirmations.