Barney Frank, one of the first openly gay members of Congress and the progressive Democratic namesake of the Dodd-Frank Act, died Tuesday night, according to media reports.

The liberal icon and former Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank has died at his home, according to a close friend who confirmed his death to NPR member station WBUR in Boston.

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