User blog comment:Luffayking12/Ace after the 2 year timeskip/@comment-5896530-20130127202556/@comment-3425840-20130128233853

Not really, WB said he would stay behind and ordered all his followers to leave (including Ace). Ace even bowed down to touch his head to the ground to show his respect and answered with "of course" or "mochiron" to reply WB's question of was he (WB) a good father.

He died later; when Akainu insulted WB he tried to fight him and lost and then died trying to protect Luffy from Akainu.