He always struck me as a decent guy. I'm not on X anymore, so I don't know how active he's been, and his last post on his personal site was in January. Hopefully he's doing well and just living his life. He's got enough long-standing regulars to keep him very busy indeed, if that is what he wants.
I think being a top is his primary role currently, but as has been said, just asking him outright is the best way to go.