Frank Caprio, the veteran municipal court judge who became a viral star and then got his own national TV show with his uncommon compassion in the courtroom, has died at 88. The son of an Italian immigrant milkman,

Judge Frank Caprio, the jurist called " the nicest judge in the world ," died Wednesday, Aug. 20, after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family confirmed through social media.

Frank Caprio judge for the Providence Municipal Court in Rhode Island has died, his son, David Caprio announced. He was 88 years old.