Barney Frank

Dead

Born: 3/31/1940 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Died: 5/19/2026
Age: 86
Cause of death: heart failure

Full name: Barnett Frank
Noted For: U.S. Congressman (D-MA, 1981-2013). Came out as homosexual in 1987, becoming the first openly homosexual U.S. Congressman; the first Congressman in a same-sex marriage (2012). Coauthored the Dodd-Frank act, a regulation of the banking and financial industries (2010).

Record last updated 5/22/2026 3:09:58 PM