The Southern District of New York mourned the loss of one of its own Monday, as personnel at the courthouse learned of the death of U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet over the weekend. He was 96 years old.

In a note to colleagues, Chief Judge Colleen McMahon said Sweet passed away “suddenly and quietly” in his sleep at his ski home in Sun Valley, Idaho.

“If ever there was a man of whom it could be said, 'He lived until he died,' it was Bob Sweet,” McMahon wrote.