(FILES) House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (L) speaks during a news briefing with Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi after attending a meeting with House Democrats to discuss a federal bailout of the US automotive industry on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 8, 2008. Acccording to US media reports on May 20, 2026, former US Representative Barney Frank, Democrat from Massachusetts, has died at the age of 86. Frank was one of the first openly gay members of the US Congress and a leading champion of Wall Street reform following the 2008 financial crisis, helping pass the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (Photo by CHRIS KLEPONIS / AFP via Getty Images)