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Anna Betts

Barney Frank, one of first out gay members of US Congress, dies aged 86

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Barney Frank at Newton city hall in Massachusetts in 2011. Photograph: Darren McCollester/Getty Images

Barney Frank, the former US representative who made history as one of the first out gay members of Congress, died on Tuesday night. He was 86.

“He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his sister,” Doris Breay, Frank’s sister, told NBC10 in Boston on Wednesday morning.

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