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Flato died of kidney failure in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1984.<ref>Washington Post, Charles Flato Obituary, January 2, 1984.</ref> <ref>Chicago Tribune, Charles Flato Obituary, January 4, 1984.</ref> <ref>United States Social Security Death Index</ref>  

Flato died of kidney failure in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1984.<ref>Washington Post, Charles Flato Obituary, January 2, 1984.</ref> <ref>Chicago Tribune, Charles Flato Obituary, January 4, 1984.</ref> <ref>United States Social Security Death Index</ref>  

Two years after Flato's death, Francis M. O’Brien, gave a lecture at the Portland Public Library as part of the Anthoensen Press Lecture Series. He gave a colorful description of Flato saying that, ''"Flato, not much more than three feet in height, with a hunchback and crippled legs, was a colorful man with a beard, who wore a broad-brimmed black fedora and a black cloak and got around with the aid of a walking stick, with which he would whack people who got in his way. He had great wit, had written for the Hound and Horn, a leading quarterly of the time, and was an authority on Brady photographs."''

Two years after Flato's death, Francis M. O’Brien, gave a lecture at the Portland Public Library as part of the Anthoensen Press Lecture Series. He gave a colorful description of Flato saying that, ''"Flato, not much more than three feet in height, with a hunchback and crippled legs, was a colorful man with a beard, who wore a broad-brimmed black fedora and a black cloak and got around with the aid of a walking stick, with which he would whack people who got in his way. He had great wit, had written for the Hound and Horn, a leading quarterly of the time, and was an authority on Brady photographs."''<ref>''Books About Bookselling: A Backward Look''</ref>

   

   

It was only after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], in 1991, when the files of the KGB became open to researchers that it was discovered Flato had been spying for the Soviets in the 1940's.

It was only after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], in 1991, when the files of the KGB became open to researchers that it was discovered Flato had been spying for the Soviets in the 1940's.