Alice and Ellen Kessler, famously known as the Kessler twins, died by joint assisted suicide on Monday. They were 89.

Alice and Ellen Kessler, famously known as the Kessler twins, died by joint assisted suicide at their Munich home on Monday. They were 89. The news of their tragic death was confirmed by advocacy organisation the German Society for Humane Dying (DGHS) on Tuesday, per CNN. Local police further told the outlet that “there was a deployment yesterday lunchtime in Gruenwald,” where the entertainment duo lived.

The Kessler twins, who rose to fame in the post-war era during the 1950s and '60s, contacted the German organisation over a year ago. “The decisive factor is likely to have been the desire to die together on a specific date,” DGHS spokesperson Wega Wetzel, who was unaw

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