(FILES) Honorary Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee GLBT Council Barney Frank speaks at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012 on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). 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 STAN HONDA / AFP via Getty Images)