The ‘nicest judge in the world’ has passed away, and people everywhere are mourning.

But we might never have known Frank Caprio at all if it weren’t for his wife, Joyce.

Helped his father with the milk truck

Judge Frank Caprio, beloved for his heartwarming and viral courtroom moments, has passed away at 88. The former Providence, Rhode Island, judge died ”peacefully” after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.”

Caprio, who grew up in the Italian-American neighborhood of Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island, was the second of three sons born to Antonio Caprio, an immigrant from Teano, Italy, and Filomena Caprio, whose family had come from Naples. Continues…