This is quite unbelievable, it can't be a coincidence that they both died, I feel so sorry for their daughter and kids who are on holiday with them
A British couple who died on holiday in Egypt suffered heart and respiratory failure, local authorities have said.
John Cooper, 69, and his wife Susan, 63, from Burnley, were staying at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
The Red Sea governorate said medical checks by a health inspector revealed "no criminal suspicions".
The couple's daughter, who was also staying at the hotel, said her parents had been "fit and healthy".
Thomas Cook said it was removing all its customers from the Steigenberger Aqua Magic as a "precautionary measure".
In a statement, authorities in Egypt said Mr Cooper died in his hotel room at 11:00 local time on Tuesday.
He had suffered a "sharp drop in blood circulation and a sudden stop in the heart muscle", and his cause of death was listed as "sudden failure in the heart muscle and respiratory failure".
Mrs Cooper was taken to hospital five hours later in a "state of fainting" and, although heart recovery work took place for 30 minutes, she died at 17:12.
The authorities said her cause of death was a "drop of blood circulation and respiratory functions".
'Died in front of me'
The couple's daughter Kelly Ormerod, who was staying in the Steigenberger Aqua Magic with her three children, said in a statement to Lancashire-based radio station 2BR: "They had no health problems at all.
"We have no cause of death, a post-mortem is under way.
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