Barney Frank, the liberal icon and gay-rights pioneer who represented Massachusetts’ Fourth Congressional District for more than three decades and was known for his intellect and acerbic wit, died Tuesday night at his home in Ogunquit, Maine. A close friend confirmed his death to GBH News.
He was 86 years old and had been receiving hospice care for congestive heart failure.
Even in hospice, Frank had remained politically engaged, actively working to spread the message of his forthcoming book from Yale University Press, “The Hard Path to Unity: Why We Must Reform the Left to Rescue Democracy.”
In the book,
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