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Sometime in the 1950's he and his wife divorced. By 1957, Flato lived alone in a cottage he had designed and built in 1954 by the architect Serge Chermayeff.<ref>[http://ccmht.org/chermayeff.html Cape Cod Modern House Trust, Serge Chermayeff Projects on the Outer Cape]</ref> He lived near a beach on Cape Cod and worked as a freelance writer throughout the 60's and 70's. In 1957 he was the editor of the ''Complete Home Improvement Handbook''. ''The Golden Book of the Civil War'' was a children's book adapted by Flato and published in 1961. His article, "Medicine Looks at Nuclear War: Is there a Doctor in the Rubble?" was published in the June 9, 1962 issue of ''The Nation''. He is known to have used at least one ghost writer in the form of a friend for an article printed in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on October 6, 1962.<ref>Saturday Evening Post, ''Parents Who Beat Children'', Charles Flato, October 6, 1962, Vol. 235, No. 35.</ref>   

Sometime in the 1950's he and his wife divorced. By 1957, Flato lived alone in a cottage he had designed and built in 1954 by the architect Serge Chermayeff.<ref>[http://ccmht.org/chermayeff.html Cape Cod Modern House Trust, Serge Chermayeff Projects on the Outer Cape]</ref> He lived near a beach on Cape Cod and worked as a freelance writer throughout the 60's and 70's. In 1957 he was the editor of the ''Complete Home Improvement Handbook''. ''The Golden Book of the Civil War'' was a children's book adapted by Flato and published in 1961. His article, "Medicine Looks at Nuclear War: Is there a Doctor in the Rubble?" was published in the June 9, 1962 issue of ''The Nation''. He is known to have used at least one ghost writer in the form of a friend for an article printed in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on October 6, 1962.<ref>Saturday Evening Post, ''Parents Who Beat Children'', Charles Flato, October 6, 1962, Vol. 235, No. 35.</ref>   

After Peking resumed diplomatic relations with the United States, Flato wrote a six-part report on health care in [[China]]. The Chinese Medical Association invited him to travel through the country as their guest. Flato was one of the co-founders of the Medical Pharmaceutical Information Bureau, and wrote and edited for the publication ''Hospital Practice''. He was known to have also written scripts for medical documentaries.  

After Peking resumed diplomatic relations with the United States, Flato wrote a six-part report on health care in [[China]]. The Chinese Medical Association invited him to travel through the country as their guest. He was one of the co-founders of the Medical Pharmaceutical Information Bureau, and wrote and edited for the publication ''Hospital Practice''. He was known to have also written scripts for medical documentaries.  

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>