Barney Frank, former congressman and gay-rights pioneer, dies at 86

by | May 20, 2026 | Politics

US Rep. Barney Frank,D-MA, chairman of the US House Financial Services Committee conducts hearings on "Financial Market Regulatory Restructuring." July 10, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

The former congressman was politically engaged until the end. As GBH reports, Even in hospice, Frank was actively working to spread the message of his forthcoming book, “The Hard Path to Unity: Why We Must Reform the Left to Rescue Democracy.”

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