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Terry Koumoudouros

Terry Koumoudouros was a Greek-Canadian strip club owner who paved the way to legalise naked dancing in Toronto. With his brother, he was the co-owner of two House of Lancaster strip clubs.

Early life
As a child, Koumoudouros worked as a shepherd in Greece, and read about philosophy before emigrating to Canada in 1964 with his younger brother, Spiro. == Career ==
Career
The same year that the Koumoudouros brothers moved to Canada, they opened the Queen Steak and Burger restaurant at the intersection of Kipling Avenue and Dundas Street. to allow naked dancing in strip clubs. He had previously avoided the intention of existing legislation that forbade naked dancing by employing dancers who initially danced topless before putting on a shirt and then dancing bottomless. Koumoudouros and his brother ran a strip club in Toronto from 1969 or 1970 until 1980, at which point he returned to Greece. In 1982, he returned to Toronto and opened a strip club on The Queensway, opening another on Bloor Street in 1983. == Politics ==
Politics
Koumoudouros was a donor to the Liberal Party of Canada and a worked with Toronto's municipal government to improve the Bloordale neighbourhood. == Personal life and death ==
Personal life and death
Koumoudouros was married with three children and two stepchildren. He died on May 24, 2007. == References ==
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