US EditionEntertainment duo the Kessler twins die by assisted suicide, aged 89
Alice and Ellen Kessler, iconic entertainers, chose a joint medically assisted death reflecting a long-held wish, supported by the German Society for Humane Dying.
- On Tuesday, Munich police confirmed the deaths of Alice and Ellen Kessler as a joint suicide in Grünwald, where the twins, aged 89, shared a house.
- They trained at the Leipzig Opera children's ballet and, at 16, fled to West Germany, dancing in a Düsseldorf revue, police said Tuesday.
- Later the twins toured worldwide and moved to Rome, and they turned down a 1964 offer to appear with Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas to avoid being defined by musical films, dpa reported.
- They credited longevity to 'Discipline, every day,' and, shortly before their 90th birthday, Alice said they probably couldn't perform so long alone.
- Known as twin dancers and singers who launched careers after World War II, Alice and Ellen Kessler gained lasting recognition in the 1950s, with Alice saying being a twosome 'only has advantages'.
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Alice and Ellen Kessler, 89 years old, used it this week for medical assistance in dying, legal in Germany.
The Kessler Twins, Icons of La Dolce Vita and Erovision, Choose to Die Together in Their Munich Home
Twin sisters Alice and Ellen Kessler, celebrated German singers, actresses, and dancers, and undisputed icons of Italian television and entertainment during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, have died simultaneously at the age of 89 at their home in Grünwald, a quiet town outside Munich (Bavaria, Germany). Read more
Inseparable since their birth, the two German sisters, who made a career in the showbiz, resorted to euthanasia hand in hand.
The twins Alice and Ellen Kessler, famous German artists and referents of Italian television from the 1960s, died together at the age of 89 in their residence near Munich, Germany, after resorting to assisted suicide. The sisters, known for their outstanding career in television and music during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, had retired in their home country after a successful career, which stood out especially in Italy, where their death has had …
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