Flato suffered from polio as a child and as a result was deformed and left with a hunchback forcing him to walk with a cane. He had a younger brother who served in the United States Navy during World War II.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Flato Relative's statement, Charles Flato was not a hunchbacked dwarf, January 17, 2006.]</ref> | Flato suffered from polio as a child and as a result was deformed and left with a hunchback forcing him to walk with a cane. He had a younger brother who served in the United States Navy during World War II.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Charles_Flato Relative's statement, Charles Flato was not a hunchbacked dwarf, January 17, 2006.]</ref> |