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'''Charles Flato''' also '''Charles Floto''' (May 27, 1908 - January 1, 1984) was a writer, [[American Communist Party]] member<ref>[http://bobdylanencyclopedia.blogspot.com/2006/12/leaving-planet-kooper.html Suze Rotolo confirms he was a CP member in letter to the publisher of ''The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia'', according to author Michael Gray's Blog, December 3, 2006]</ref> and a Soviet agent.  

'''Charles S. Flato''' also '''Charles Floto''' (May 27, 1908 - January 1, 1984) was a writer, [[American Communist Party]] member<ref>[http://bobdylanencyclopedia.blogspot.com/2006/12/leaving-planet-kooper.html Suze Rotolo confirms he was a CP member in letter to the publisher of ''The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia'', according to author Michael Gray's Blog, December 3, 2006]</ref> and a Soviet agent.  

Flato was born in New York on May 27, 1908 to David A. and Hilda (Firot) Flato. He suffered from polio as a child and as a result was deformed and left with a hunchback forcing him to walk with a cane. His younger brother Jerome 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 was born in New York on May 27, 1908 to David A. and Hilda (Firot) Flato. He suffered from polio as a child and as a result was deformed and left with a hunchback forcing him to walk with a cane. His younger brother Jerome 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>