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He was the calm, approachable voice of reason during a public health disaster that gripped Toronto a decade ago.

She was the tiny but powerful woman who helped lead the city through its darkest days battling the disease.

Both were the public faces of SARS in Toronto and both are now gone.

Dr. Donald Low, chief of microbiology at Mount Sinai Hospital for nearly three decades and a key figure in the fight against infectious diseases, died this week of a brain tumour at 68.

His death comes five years after Dr. Sheela Basrur who as Torontos chief medical officer of health stood beside Low to reassure the public during the SARS crisis died of a rare cancer at age 51.

They both had the ability to deal with very difficult situations with grace, a sense of humour, a sense of humility, said Public Health Ontario president Dr. Vivek Goel, a former colleague of both.

A lot of it was the chemistry between them. They had different strengths they were able to bring, and worked together on answering the questions that were coming up.

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Donald Low: Colleagues remember a voice of reassurance in Toronto’s SARS crisis