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| Official photograph of Representative Barney Frank, 2008. |
Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, one of the first openly gay congressmen and a champion of gay rights, died yesterday at his home in Ogunquit, Maine. He was 86 and had been receiving hospice care. A mainstay of the Democratic Party for many years, he brought his considerable intelligence, shrewd pragmatism, and outspoken personality to bear on many important issues during his thirty years in the House, and was the co-sponsor of the landmark Dodd-Frank reform bill in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
Frank is survived by his husband, Jim Ready, two sisters, and a brother. He was a hero of our community who will be much missed and long remembered. Here are some videos recounting his life and accomplishments:
The Associated Press:
NBC10 Boston:
CBS 60 Minutes interview, 2008:
Frank was the author of a number of books on political subjects; his final work, The Hard Path to Unity: Why We Must Reform the Left to Rescue Democracy, will be published by Yale University Press this fall.
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