Alice Kessler and Ellen Kessler pictured in October at the Circus Roncalli "ARTistART" premiere. Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images

Alice and Ellen Kessler, the German twins who rose to fame in the 1950s as a variety entertainment duo, have died at the age of 89 by joint assisted suicide, advocacy organization the German Society for Humane Dying said on Tuesday.

Local police confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that “there was a deployment yesterday lunchtime in Gruenwald” – the leafy suburb of Munich where the twins lived – but did not say the reason for that deployment.

The twins chose the date of their death and died while a doctor and lawyer were present, Bavaria’s public broadcaster BR reported.

They wished to have their ashes interred in the same urn too, alongside their mother Elsa and

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