His ears grew. Everyone knows people ears grow as they age.
If you line the profile pics up so the eyebrows are at the same angle and length the ears don’t look that different save for shading. The nose is another matter, but never having seen anyone dead this way, I don’t know what happens to cartilage under these circumstances or how long it takes for it to sag. In life there are muscles and blood pressure at work but in death all is gone, so there may be an explanation right there.
Yeah — in seconds. I wonder what is really going on. I read somewhere that he had written everything he knew down and had it hidden so no one could find it. He had the goods on everyone and it made his life safer, I guess.