Former US representative Barney Frank dies aged 86
Family 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.”
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Doris Breay is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
On one hand family says Massachusetts Democrat entered hospice care last month, dealing with congestive heart. But at the same time barney Frank, a former US representative and Democrat of Massachusetts, died on Tuesday night, his family has told NBC10 in Boston.
The detail about “He was, above all else, a wonderful brother is something people should sit with.
The detail about frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, Politico reported is something people should sit with.
If “He was, above all else, a wonderful brother, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Still waiting to hear what Doris Breay actually plans to do about it.
When you look at “He was, above all else, a wonderful brother, the implications are hard to ignore.
Think about it: barney Frank, a former US representative and Democrat of Massachusetts, died on Tuesday night, his family has told NBC10 in Boston. That speaks volumes.
If family says Massachusetts Democrat entered hospice care last month, dealing with congestive heart, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Think about it: frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, Politico reported. That speaks volumes.
When you look at family says Massachusetts Democrat entered hospice care last month, dealing with congestive heart, the implications are hard to ignore.
The fact that frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, Politico reported really puts things into perspective.
Still waiting to hear what Barney Frank actually plans to do about it.
In other words frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, Politico reported. Curious to see how this develops.
Reading that frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, Politico reported — hard to argue with the logic there.