Editing Fats Domino (section)

===Later life===
Domino was scheduled to perform at the 2006 Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans.  However, he was suffering from [[anxiety]] and was forced to cancel the performance,<ref name="RS Katrina concert">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fats-domino-returns-to-new-orleans-stage-for-first-post-katrina-concert-20070521 |title=Fats Domino Returns to New Orleans Stage for First Post-Katrina Concert |first=Keith |last=Spera |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 21, 2007 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> but he did appear to offer the audience an on-stage greeting.<ref name="FD Cancels Jazz Fest">{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/id/12679036/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/fats-domino-cancels-jazz-fest-performance/#.WfFBhVtSzX4 |title=Fats Domino cancels Jazz Fest performance |date=May 7, 2006 |website=Today.com |access-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111152/http://www.today.com/id/12679036/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/fats-domino-cancels-jazz-fest-performance/#.WfFBhVtSzX4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006 Domino's album ''[[Alive and Kickin' (album)|Alive and Kickin']]'' was released to benefit the [[Tipitina's Foundation]], which supports indigent local musicians and helps preserve the New Orleans sound.<ref>{{cite web |first=Robert|last=Siegel|url=https://www.npr.org/2006/03/13/5259801/fats-domino-alive-and-kickin-after-katrina| title=Fats Domino, 'Alive and Kickin' After Katrina|website=[[NPR]]|date=March 13, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/Fats-Domino-Alive-And-Kickin/release/4653063| title=Fats Domino – Alive And Kickin'| website=Discogs| access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> The album consists of unreleased recordings from the 1990s<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/arts/fats-domino-sets-an-example-for-new-orleans.html |title=Fats Domino Sets an Example for New Orleans |first=John |last=Parales|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 28, 2006|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> and received great critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite magazine | last1=Browne| first1=David| title=Fats Domino, Rock and Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fats-domino-rock-and-roll-pioneer-dead-at-89-w473594|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date=October 26, 2017| date=October 25, 2017}}</ref>

[[Image:President George W. Bush shakes the hand of legendary Fats Domino, wearing a National Medal of Arts.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|Domino with the National Medal of Arts replaced by President [[George W. Bush]] on August 29, 2006, after the original medal, awarded to him by President [[Bill Clinton]], was lost in the floodwaters of [[Hurricane Katrina]].]]
On January 12, 2007, Domino was honored with [[OffBeat (music magazine)|''OffBeat'' magazine]]'s Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Best of the Beat Awards, held at the [[House of Blues]] in New Orleans. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared the day "Fats Domino Day in New Orleans" and presented him with a signed declaration.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.offbeat.com/articles/lifetime-achievement-award-in-music-fats-domino/| title=Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music: Fats Domino – OffBeat Magazine| date=January 2007| access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref> Domino returned to stage on May 19, 2007, at [[Tipitina's]] at New Orleans, performing to a full house. This was his last public performance.<ref name="PBStimeline" /> The concert was recorded for a 2008 TV presentation entitled ''Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans''.<ref name="RS Katrina concert" /> This was a fund-raising concert, featuring a number of artists. Domino donated his fee to the cause. Later that year, a Vanguard record was released, ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]'' featuring his songs as recorded by [[Elton John]], [[Neil Young]], [[Tom Petty]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Norah Jones]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], and [[Lucinda Williams]].<ref name="Rolling Stone death" /> A portion of the proceeds was to be used by the Foundation to help restore Domino's publishing office which had been damaged by the hurricane.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/arts/music/22fats.html |title=Stars Join Forces to Salute (and Support) a Rock Legend |first=Nate |last=Chin |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 22, 2007 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

In September 2007, Domino was inducted into the [[Louisiana Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news | last1=Gremillion| first1=Nick| title=Baton Rouge music experts remember legendary musician Fats Domino| url=http://www.wafb.com/story/36684898/baton-rouge-music-experts-remember-legendary-musician-fats-domino| access-date=October 26, 2017| publisher=WAFB| date=October 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Nash| first1=JD| title=Fats Domino Dead at 89| url=https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2017/10/fats-domino-dead-89/| publisher=American Blues Scene| date=October 25, 2017| access-date=October 26, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103122607/https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2017/10/fats-domino-dead-89/| archive-date=November 3, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May 2009, Domino made an unexpected appearance in the audience for the Domino Effect, a concert featuring [[Little Richard]] and other artists, aimed at raising funds to help rebuild schools and playgrounds damaged by Hurricane Katrina.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Plaisance| first1=Stacey| title=Fats Domino makes rare appearance at La. concert| url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-domino-effect-053109-2009may31-story.html| access-date=October 26, 2017| newspaper=[[San Diego Union Tribune]]| date=May 31, 2009}}</ref>

In October 2012, Domino was featured in season three of the television series ''[[Treme (TV Series)|Treme]]'', playing himself.<ref name="PBStimeline" /> On August 21, 2016, Domino was inducted into the [[National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame]]. The ceremony was held in [[Detroit]], Michigan. The other inductees were [[Dionne Warwick]], Cathy Hughes, [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], and [[the Supremes]]. He had received the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Ray Charles Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His song "The Fat Man" entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/fats-domino-timeline-of-dominos-life-hits-and-career-highlights/6252|title=Fats Domino: Timeline – American Masters|date=January 26, 2016|website=[[PBS]]}}</ref>