On 20 August 2025, the world lost one of its most unexpected yet beloved public figures. Judge Frank Caprio, best known through his television show “Caught in Providence”, passed away at the age of 88 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Frank Caprio, the retired municipal judge from Rhode Island who became a global sensation for his compassionate courtroom approach in the reality court series “Caught in Providence”, has passed away at the age of 88.

Caprio billed his courtroom as a place “where people and cases are met with kindness and compassion.”