Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The pop icon Googoosh, photographed in El Segundo, has written a revealing, lyrical memoir. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) ...

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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Googoosh was one of Iran’s most famous women, a child star who grew up to become a bona fide pop culture phenomenon. She released hit albums, starred in acclaimed films ...