Editing Norman Rockwell (section)

===Later career===
During the late 1940s, Norman Rockwell spent the winter months as artist-in-residence at [[Otis College of Art and Design]]. Occasionally, students were models for his ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'' covers.{{sfn|Claridge|2001|pp=131–132}} In 1949, Rockwell donated an original ''Post'' cover, ''April Fool'', to be raffled off in a library fund raiser.

In 1959, after his wife Mary died suddenly from a heart attack,{{sfn|Gherman|2000|p=35}} Rockwell took time off from his work to grieve. It was during that break that he and his son Thomas produced Rockwell's autobiography, ''My Adventures as an Illustrator'', which was published in 1960. The ''Post'' printed excerpts from this book in eight consecutive issues, the first containing Rockwell's famous ''[[Triple Self-Portrait]]''.{{sfn|Claridge|2001|p=430}}

[[File:Rockwell studio rear.jpg|thumb|Norman Rockwell's studio in
[[Stockbridge, Massachusetts]]]]
Rockwell's last painting for the ''Post'' was published in 1963, marking the end of a publishing relationship that had included 321 cover paintings<!--differs from figure in paragraph above, which is correct?-->. He spent the next 10 years painting for [[Look (American magazine)|''Look'' magazine]], where his work depicted his interests in civil rights, poverty, and [[space exploration]].

In 1966, Rockwell was invited to Hollywood to paint portraits of the stars of the film [[Stagecoach (1966 film)|''Stagecoach'']], and also found himself appearing as an extra in the film, playing a "mangy old gambler".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrm.org/MT/text/StageCoach.html|title="Stagecoach" Portraits|access-date=December 8, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220073035/http://www.nrm.org/MT/text/StageCoach.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1968, Rockwell was commissioned to do an album cover portrait of [[Mike Bloomfield]] and [[Al Kooper]] for their record, ''[[The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper]]''.<ref name=VF>{{cite magazine|last=Kamp|first=David|title=Erratum: Norman Rockwell Actually Did Rock Well|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/10/erratum-norman-rockwell-actually-did-rock-well.html|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=March 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301113221/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/10/erratum-norman-rockwell-actually-did-rock-well.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

As a tribute on the 75th anniversary of Rockwell's birth, officials of Brown & Bigelow and the Boy Scouts of America asked Rockwell to pose in ''Beyond the Easel'' as the illustration for the 1969 Boy Scout calendar.<ref>{{cite book | first = William | last = Hillcourt | title = Norman Rockwell's World of Scouting | publisher=Harry N. Abrams |location = New York | year = 1977 | isbn = 978-0-8109-1582-4 | author-link = William Hillcourt}}</ref>

In 1969 the [[United States Bureau of Reclamation|U. S. Bureau of Reclamation]] commissioned Rockwell to paint the [[Glen Canyon Dam]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bsumek |first1=Erika |title=Out of the Shadows: Norman Rockwell, Navajos, and American Politics |journal=Environmental History |date=2013 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=423–430 |jstor=24690430 |doi=10.1093/envhis/emt028 }}</ref>

His last commission for the Boy Scouts of America was a calendar illustration titled ''The Spirit of 1976'', which was completed when Rockwell was 82, concluding a partnership which generated 471 images for periodicals, guidebooks, calendars, and promotional materials. His connection to the BSA spanned 64 years, marking the longest professional association of his career. His legacy and style for the BSA has been carried on by [[Joseph Csatari]].

For "vivid and affectionate portraits of our country", Rockwell was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1977 by President [[Gerald Ford]]. Rockwell's son, Jarvis, accepted the award.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=5550 | title = Gerald Ford, XXXVIII President of the United States: 1974–1977, Remarks Upon Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, January 10, 1977 | access-date = May 22, 2011 | last = Wolley | first = John T. | author2 = Gerhard Peters | date = June 9, 1980 | work = The American Presidency Project | publisher = www.presidency.ucsb.edu | quote = But let me again congratulate each and every one of you. I regret that Irving Berlin, Alexander Calder, the late Alexander Calder, and Georgia O'Keeffe were unable to be represented here today. We will of course present their medals to them or to their families at a later date. | archive-date = February 2, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202131816/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=5550 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

====Death====
[[File:Norman Rockwell grave 02.jpg|thumb|right|Rockwell's grave in Stockbridge Cemetery]]
Rockwell died on November 8, 1978, of [[emphysema]] at the age of&nbsp;84 in his Stockbridge, Massachusetts, home.<ref>{{cite web |title=Norman Rockwell: A Brief Biography |url=https://www.nrm.org/about/about-2/about-norman-rockwell/ |website=Norman Rockwell Museum |access-date=June 25, 2017 |archive-date=June 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613065307/http://www.nrm.org/about/about-2/about-norman-rockwell/ |url-status=live }}</ref> First Lady [[Rosalynn Carter]] attended Rockwell's funeral.