Twins who danced with Sinatra and Astaire end lives at 89 in suicide pact

TWIN sisters who shared the stage with Hollywood greats Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire have died by “joint suicide” at the age of 89.

- BY FRANCES MILLAR

German dance stars Alice and Ellen Kessler launched their showbusiness careers in the 1950s and went on to perform in the US, appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show.

The identical twins ended their lives on Monday in their adjoining flats near Munich after making a suicide pact, it was said.