Overview
- Officers responding around midday found Alice and Ellen Kessler dead in their adjacent Grünwald apartments, with Munich police excluding third‑party involvement.
- Germany’s Association for a Dignified Death (Dghs) told Süddeutsche Zeitung the deaths were by assisted suicide, a practice legal under strict conditions that bar active euthanasia.
- The sisters had long stated they would not let one survive the other, with wills outlining a joint burial in a single urn with their mother and dog.
- Local reporting noted same‑day administrative steps, including a letter canceling a newspaper subscription dated November 17, underscoring prior planning.
- Authorities are reviewing procedural details as tributes recall the twins’ 1960s television breakthrough in Italy and recent recognition, including Bavaria’s Order of Merit in July.