9 d. ago Former Cardiff City star says 'I should be dead' as he reveals hidden addiction

The 32-year-old said he had suicidal thoughts every day in an emotional interview

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2 w. ago Taliban say nine children killed in latest Pakistani attack as border tensions soar

Kabul accuses Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes day after suicide bombers target major security installation on other side of border

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2 w. ago Inseparable, sensuous and confident, the Kessler twins were pioneers of variety show culture

Alice and Ellen Kessler, who died by joint assisted suicide this week, entertained – and occasionally scandalised – Europe with their glitzy and subversive pop music and classically informed dance• The Kessler twins die together aged 89 – newsWhen Dean Martin announced the Kessler sisters’ appearance on his show in 1966, he remarked that he had been desperate to book them not just because the German-born dancer-singers were “so pretty and so talented”, but “also because they’re twins, that means there are two of them”. “They’re a double,” he added with a nod to his half-drunk crooner persona, “and there’s nothing I like more than a double”.The two sisters, who died by joint assisted suicide earlier this week, also performed with Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte and Fred Astaire, but the American market never impressed them much. In 1964 they turned down a role in Elvis’s Viva Las Vegas for fear of being pigeonholed in American musical comedies. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Famous Kessler Twins 'no longer wished to live' and died by suicide on same day

Alice and Ellen Kessler rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s after escaping East Germany

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3 w. ago Kessler Twins who performed with Frank Sinatra die by assisted suicide on same day

Police were informed Monday that the 89-year-olds had opted for ‘assisted suicide’

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3 w. ago Heartbreaking final wish of Kessler twins who died by assisted suicide on same day

Alice and Ellen Kessler, known to generations of fans as the 'Kessler Twins, made their last wishes crystal clear in their final years, expressing a shared heartfelt hope as they considered their deaths

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3 w. ago Kessler Twins who performed with Frank Sinatra choose to die on same day

Police were informed Monday that the 89-year-olds had opted for ‘assisted suicide’

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3 w. ago Famous Kessler Twins die by assisted suicide on the same day in Germany

Alice and Ellen Kessler, who worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra, have died on the same day

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3 w. ago Legendary identical twin TV stars die on the same day as tributes paid

It has been reported that the Kessler twins, who were born in 1936 and performed across Europe and the US, have died on the same day at the age of 89 in their home in Germany

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3 w. ago Famous Kessler Twins die by assisted suicide on the same day

Twin sisters who worked with entertainers including Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire have died on the same day

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3 w. ago Famous twin sisters who performed with Frank Sinatra choose to end their lives together on the same day

The Kessler twins - a German entertainment duo who became famous both in the US and throughout Europe beginning in the 1950s - have died at 89 after choosing to end their lives together.

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4 w. ago He killed his daughter, 2, in a hot car then committed suicide on day he was due to be jailed. The method he chose is truly shocking

Christopher Scholtes was found dead about 5.20am on Wednesday at the $1 million home in Phoenix he shared with his wife Dr Erika Scholtes, having taken his own life rather than go to prison.

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