Word: troubador
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days of Prohibition, West Hollywood's famous Sunset Strip lay beyond the grasp of the Los Angeles police department, and it sheltered illicit casinos and speakeasy bars, patronized by gangsters and movie stars. During the '60s West Hollywood attracted hippies, druggies and rock-music clubs such as the Troubador and Whisky a GoGo. A decade later West Hollywood welcomed a migration of Russian Jews fleeing Soviet oppression and an influx of homosexuals weary of perceived harassment by the LAPD...