The Kessler Twins sisters Alice and Ellen die together aged 89

German pop duo who last year said their wish was to leave together' had joint assisted death at their home in Grunwald

Alice and Ellen Kessler, the pop singing sisters who were famous in Europe in the 1960s, especially in Italy where they were credited for bringing glamour to the country's TV network, have died aged 89.

The identical twins had chosen to have a joint assisted death at their home in Grunwald, close to Munich, on Monday, said Wega Wetzel, a spokesperson for Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Humanes Sterben (DGHS), a Berlin-based assisted dying association.