Yes, Peter Taradash, also known as Grandpa is still alive, but he's 85 now as I'm currently writing this post.
He's still active online. I found his posts on this forum :
https://www.offshorecorptalk.com/member ... t-activity
If you always wondered how he looked like, you can watch his videos on his youtube channel, he posted his first video about 2 months ago as I'm currently writing this post :
https://www.youtube.com/@Lucky2balive888/videos