{"id":2062,"date":"2026-05-20T14:43:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/20\/former-us-representative-barney-frank-dies-aged-86\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:43:38","slug":"former-us-representative-barney-frank-dies-aged-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=2062","title":{"rendered":"Former US representative Barney Frank dies aged 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"548186aa-764f-47c6-ab94-503822280a3d\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a man stands as people point cameras in his direction\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f8a0ac78b49903d02e0bc3cdaf9bd5600a9b6e75\/0_0_4928_3264\/master\/4928.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"307.987012987013\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Barney Frank at Newton city hall on 28 November 2011 in Massachusetts.<\/span> Photograph: Darren McCollester\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"548186aa-764f-47c6-ab94-503822280a3d\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Barney Frank at Newton city hall on 28 November 2011 in Massachusetts.<\/span> Photograph: Darren McCollester\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Former US representative Barney Frank dies aged 86<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Family says Massachusetts Democrat entered hospice care last month, dealing with congestive heart failure<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/may\/20\/donald-trump-republicans-midterms-primaries-kentucky-redistricting-raul-castro-latest-news-updates\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">US politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Barney Frank, a former US representative and Democrat of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/massachusetts\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Massachusetts<\/a>, died on Tuesday night, his family has told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/former-massachusetts-congressman-barney-frank-dies-at-age-86\/3952791\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">NBC10 in Boston<\/a>. He was 86.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cHe was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his sister,\u201d Doris Breay, Frank\u2019s sister, told the outlet on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/04\/28\/barney-frank-hospice-democrats-00897112?utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Politico <\/a>reported. He had been dealing with congestive heart failure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In an interview at the time, he told the outlet that \u201cat 86, I\u2019ve made it longer than I thought,\u201d adding that \u201cat some point, my heart\u2019s just going to give out, and it\u2019s reaching that stage. So I\u2019m taking it easy at home and dealing with it by relaxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>More details soon\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US news<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-politics\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/massachusetts\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Massachusetts<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/democrats\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Former%20US%20representative%20Barney%20Frank%20dies%20aged%2086&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/20\/barney-frank-dead?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F20%2Fbarney-frank-dead&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/20\/barney-frank-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barney Frank at Newton city hall on 28 November 2011 in Massachusetts. 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