Barney Frank \u2014 a decades-long fixture in Massachusetts Democratic politics, a veteran US House member, a pioneering gay-rights advocate, and a leading figure in the battle to recover from the 2008 Great Recession \u2014 died Tuesday evening in his Ogunquit, Maine, home of complications from congestive heart failure. He was 86.<\/span><\/p>\n His death was confirmed by Jim Segel, a longtime friend of Mr. Frank\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n Unlike major Bay State political figures such as Henry Cabot Lodge, John F. Kennedy, and Thomas P. \u201cTip\u201d O\u2019Neill Jr., Mr. Frank was an influential figure<\/a> in the three dimensions of local, state, and national politics. He left his fingerprints on how Boston is governed, how the Legislature operates on Beacon Hill, and how the House works on Capitol Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n His reach also extended into the American economy and the American culture, into how Wall Street operates and how high finance is regulated.<\/span><\/p>\n