Kessler twins die by assisted suicide

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00:00Twin entertainers from back in the day, the Kessler sisters, have died by assisted suicide at 89.

00:06Alice and Ellen Kessler were born inside Nazi Germany. In 1952, their family fled,

00:11and then the pair became international superstars once they were free. They appeared on The Ed

00:17Sullivan Show, represented Germany in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, and made history for,

00:23get this, being the first female stars to show their legs on screen. That is how long ago this

00:29was. During the height of their fame, they were close with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire,

00:35Elvis Presley, Rock Hudson, all the big guns. Now, the duo told an Italian news outlet that they wanted

00:41to, quote, leave together on the same day. Now, assisted suicide has been legal in Germany since

00:472020, as long as the decision is made without outside pressure. And about a year ago, the twins

00:51joined an organization in Germany that promotes the practice. They met with a lawyer and a doctor

00:56to discuss it before they went through with it. They will reportedly be buried alongside their

01:01mother, Elsa, and their dog, Yellow.