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   Kessler Twins, Icons of Italy’s 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 Italy’s postwar entertainment scene, died at age 89 in   
   Grünwald, 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 Düsseldorf, 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 d’inverno and Studio Uno. Under director Antonello   
   Falqui, their routines — and the signature “Da-da-un-pa” number — made   
   them icons of the era and earned them the enduring nickname “the nation’s   
   legs.”   
      
   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. “That’s what we decided in our will,” Ellen   
   said   
   in a 2024 interview, explaining their wish to remain together in death as   
   they had in life.   
      
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