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Opinion: Remembering Barney Frank, trailblazing public servant
news NPR Top News May 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM

Opinion: Remembering Barney Frank, trailblazing public servant

Mass. congressman Barney Frank was the first House member to come out as gay and was instrumental in Wall Street reforms after the Great Recession. He died this week at the age of 86.

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