Dancing duo the Kessler twins die by assisted suicide at age 89

The Kessler twins, who were best known for performing throughout the 1950s and 1960s, have died by joint assisted suicide.

Alice and Ellen Kessler died at age 89 at their home near Munich, Germany on Monday.

The sisters “no longer wanted to live” and “they had chosen to end their lives together,” as reported by the German newspaper Bild , according to People .

According to CNN , Alice and Ellen were assisted by advocacy organization the German Society for Humane Dying (DGHS). The DGHS provides people with access to lawyers and doctors and other tools.

The organization told CNN that the twins contacted the DGHS over a year ago and became members.

“The decisive factor is likely to have been the desire to die together on a specific date,” DGHS spokesperson Wega Wetzel told CNN.

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