{"id":57066,"date":"2025-11-18T19:47:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-kessler-twins-german-entertainment-duo-who-performed-with-fred-astaire-and-frank-sinatra-die-together-by-assisted-suicide\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:47:40","slug":"the-kessler-twins-german-entertainment-duo-who-performed-with-fred-astaire-and-frank-sinatra-die-together-by-assisted-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-kessler-twins-german-entertainment-duo-who-performed-with-fred-astaire-and-frank-sinatra-die-together-by-assisted-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kessler twins, German entertainment duo who performed with Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, die together by assisted suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Alice and Ellen Kessler, twin dancers and singers who launched their career in the 1950s and performed with Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte among others, have died, police in Germany said Tuesday. They were 89.<\/p>\n<p>The death of the twins in Gr\u00fcnwald, a prosperous suburb of Munich where they shared a house, was reported by German newspaper Bild and news agency dpa on Monday, without named sources. Munich police on Tuesday confirmed the deaths, saying in an emailed statement that it was a &#8220;joint suicide.&#8221; In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dghs.de\/ueber-uns\/presse\/presseschau\/artikel\/kessler-zwillinge-assistierter-suizid-mit-89-jahren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>, the German Society for Humane Dying confirmed to Bavarian Broadcasting that it was an assisted suicide.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/d44d3e65-170b-4c10-b06c-801591a87675\/thumbnail\/620x458\/abf8f5f0daa998313f6d6992899aa468\/ap6708301327.jpg#\" alt=\"Germany Frankfurt Alice and Ellen Kessler \" height=\"458\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/d44d3e65-170b-4c10-b06c-801591a87675\/thumbnail\/620x458\/abf8f5f0daa998313f6d6992899aa468\/ap6708301327.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/d44d3e65-170b-4c10-b06c-801591a87675\/thumbnail\/1240x916\/14fd942a105e4df8796c3cebfc04ea97\/ap6708301327.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">German twin dancers Alice and Ellen Kessler hold gorilla twin babies Alice and Ellen, they feed with milk bottles on August 30, 1967 at the Zoo in Frankfurt, Germany.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Goettert \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kessler twins learned to dance at a young age and joined the Leipzig Opera children&#8217;s ballet. In 1952, when they were 16, their family fled to West Germany, where they danced in a revue theater in D\u00fcsseldorf. In 1955, the sisters were discovered by the director of the Lido cabaret theater in Paris, where their international career took off.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/dfffccf5-6a2e-44fb-bf88-d1509983e498\/thumbnail\/620x411\/599ee9aa8b76ec911be8e011db515765\/gettyimages-2158741724.jpg#\" alt=\"Twins Ellen And Alison Kessler, 1967 \" height=\"411\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/dfffccf5-6a2e-44fb-bf88-d1509983e498\/thumbnail\/620x411\/599ee9aa8b76ec911be8e011db515765\/gettyimages-2158741724.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/dfffccf5-6a2e-44fb-bf88-d1509983e498\/thumbnail\/1240x822\/bd08893704afc5de5496d84ae055fbf5\/gettyimages-2158741724.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ellen and Alison Kessler at Heathrow airport in June 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Victor Crawshaw\/Mirrorpix via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the 1960s, the Kessler twins toured worldwide, moved to Rome and performed with Astaire, Sinatra and Belafonte. They turned down an offer to appear with Elvis Presley in &#8220;Viva Las Vegas&#8221; in 1964 for fear of becoming defined by musical films in America, dpa reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/c7c7f5ea-7986-4c72-a466-e431303912e9\/thumbnail\/620x426\/c6b4d496290a9f6d5b820349390dd48a\/ap6108200145.jpg#\" alt=\"Italy Venice Alice and Ellen Kessler \" height=\"426\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/c7c7f5ea-7986-4c72-a466-e431303912e9\/thumbnail\/620x426\/c6b4d496290a9f6d5b820349390dd48a\/ap6108200145.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/c7c7f5ea-7986-4c72-a466-e431303912e9\/thumbnail\/1240x852\/5c1dccf1d02efdde53d07e8cceedb6a8\/ap6108200145.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">German twin dancers Alice (with longer slacks) and Ellen Kessler try a new dancing step in the beach of the Excelsior Hotel at the Lido of Venice, Italy on August 20, 1961.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Gerolamo di Majo \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even at 80, the sisters appeared on stage in a musical. Alice said shortly before their 80th birthday that they probably wouldn&#8217;t have managed to perform for so long alone.<\/p>\n<p>Being a twosome &#8220;only has advantages,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Together you&#8217;re stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the secret of their success, she remarked: &#8220;Discipline, every day. Gratitude, time and again. Humility, not cockiness. And togetherness. Until death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/2afc416b-0e8c-420f-bd32-ec74bcbb24f5\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/b4959b43e5f5d3a9129167ee2e69fd30\/gettyimages-2147733220.jpg#\" alt=\"\" das=\"\" perfekte=\"\" geheimnis=\"\" premiere=\"\" in=\"\" munich=\"\" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/2afc416b-0e8c-420f-bd32-ec74bcbb24f5\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/b4959b43e5f5d3a9129167ee2e69fd30\/gettyimages-2147733220.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/18\/2afc416b-0e8c-420f-bd32-ec74bcbb24f5\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/1d5f5c2c42b876b5fa24515786bd1bbf\/gettyimages-2147733220.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ellen Kessler and her twin sister Alice Kessler during the theatre premiere of &#8220;Das perfekte Geheimnis&#8221; at Kom\u00c3\u00b6die im Bayerischen Hof on April 11, 2024 in Munich, Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Gisela Schober \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/medical-aid-dying-new-jersey-maid\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Assisted suicide<\/a><\/span> is legal in nine countries in Europe as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Cuba and Ecuador, according to the nonprofit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignityindying.org.uk\/assisted-dying\/assisted-dying-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dignity in Dying<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S.,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/60-minutes-aid-in-dying-lapook\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">dying with medical assistance<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is legal in 10 states and Washington, D.C., but at least eight other states are considering similar laws this year, according to Death with Dignity.<\/p>\n<p>Currently some New York lawmakers and advocates are calling for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-medical-aid-in-dying-bill\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Medical Aid In Dying&#8221; bill<\/a><\/span>, also known as MAID. 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