He was 88. "Judge Frank Caprio passed away peacefully at the age of 88 after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer," the family wrote on Facebook. "In his honor, may we each strive to bring a little more compassion into the world – just as he did every day.

Frank Caprio served as a Providence, Rhode Island municipal court judge for nearly 40 years and came to be known as “America’s nicest judge.”