Barney Frank at Newton city hall on 28 November 2011 in Massachusetts. Photograph: Darren McCollester/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenBarney Frank at Newton city hall on 28 November 2011 in Massachusetts. Photograph: Darren McCollester/Getty ImagesFormer US representative Barney Frank dies aged 86Family says Massachusetts Democrat entered hospice care last month, dealing with congestive heart failure
Barney Frank, a former US representative and Democrat of Massachusetts, died on Tuesday night, his family has told NBC10 in Boston. He was 86.
“He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his sister,” Doris Breay, Frank’s sister, told the outlet on Wednesday morning.
Frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, Politico reported. He had been dealing with congestive heart failure.
In an interview at the time, he told the outlet that “at 86, I’ve made it longer than I thought,” adding that “at some point, my heart’s just going to give out, and it’s reaching that stage. So I’m taking it easy at home and dealing with it by relaxing.”
