Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who served 32 years in the U.S. House and became one of the best-known openly gay politicians in Congress, has died at 86, his sister Ann Lewis said Wednesday. NBC Boston reported that Frank had been in hospice care at his home in Ogunquit, Maine, while being treated for congestive heart failure. Frank was elected to Congress in 1980 and served until 2013, representing areas of suburban Boston and working on financial policy and civil rights. He public...

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