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Barney Frank, Financial Reformer and Gay-Rights Icon, Dies at 86

The former Massachusetts congressman survived scandal to pass the Dodd-Frank Act.

Mark A. Kellner
May 20, 2026
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Barney Frank became the first sitting member of Congress to enter a same-sex marriage a year before the 2013 Jon R. Friedman portrait excerpted here. Credit: House of Representatives

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