Overview
- Alice and Ellen Kessler were found lifeless together in their Munich apartment on Monday, November 17, 2025, according to media reports.
- tz.de cites Bild and Süddeutsche Zeitung in reporting the deaths, with both entertainers aged 89.
- Bild reports a prior deployment by the Kriminalpolizei before the discovery, a detail not confirmed by officials.
- In April 2024 the sisters stated they wished to be “united in death” and said this was arranged in their testament.
- The twins became international stars in the 1950s at the Paris Lido and received honors including the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande and the Goldene Rose von Montreux.