[1] Michael Long presents a comprehensive and persuasive account of the function and meaning of the dice in âSymbol and Ritual in Josquinâs Missa di Dadiâ, Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol.42, No.1.
On January 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, was discovered brutally murdered in a vacant lot near the intersection of 39th Street and Norton Avenue in South Los Angeles, according to TruTV.
The Black Dahlia's killer was never found, making her murder one of the oldest cold case files in L.A. to date, as well as the city's most famous. Early Life. Elizabeth Short, best known as the Black Dahlia, was born on July 29, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts, the third of five daughters born to Cleo and Phoebe Mae (Sawyer) Short. Cleo Short abandoned the family when Elizabeth was 5 years old.