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Kessler Twins, Icons of ItalyrCOs Postwar Entertainment Era, Dead at 89
The sisters died in their home near Munich; German media say they opted
for assisted suicide
Alice and Ellen Kessler, the German-born twin performers who became
household names in ItalyrCOs postwar entertainment scene, died at age 89 in Gr|+nwald, near Munich.
Police confirmed the deaths Monday morning after officers were called to
the home where the sisters lived in adjoining flats separated by a sliding wall. Authorities said there were no signs of foul play.
German daily Bild reported that the twins had chosen medically assisted suicide, a procedure permitted in Germany under specific conditions.
Police were notified only after the process had been completed.
Born in 1936 in the village of Nerchau, the Kessler twins began performing
as children with the Leipzig Opera ballet. In 1952, they left East Germany
for D|+sseldorf, launching a career that took them across Europe and the United States, including collaborations with Frank Sinatra and Fred
Astaire.
At 19, they joined the Bluebell Girls at the Lido in Paris before moving
into Italian television, where they became fixtures of prime-time variety shows such as Giardino drCOinverno and Studio Uno. Under director Antonello Falqui, their routines rCo and the signature rCLDa-da-un-parCY number rCo made them icons of the era and earned them the enduring nickname rCLthe nationrCOs legs.rCY
According to Bild, the sisters left a joint testament requesting that
their ashes be placed in a single urn, alongside those of their mother
Elsa and their dog Yello. rCLThatrCOs what we decided in our will,rCY Ellen said
in a 2024 interview, explaining their wish to remain together in death as
they had in life.
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