An elderly couple was found dead, hand in hand, after 50 years of marriage, Italian media report.

The husband and wife possibly died of a heat-stroke, reports say.

The two were discovered by their son who rushed to his parents’ home in Milan after his calls were not being answered.

The police and a medical team were called on site.

It was ascertained that the man and woman had died of natural causes, possibly within minutes of each other.