Suzanne Crough

Suzanne Crough (born March 6, 1963; Fullerton, California, died April 27, 2015; Laughlin, Nevada) was an American child actress who starred in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974. She was the youngest of eight children.

On The Partridge Family, she played Tracy Partridge, the younger daughter who played the tambourine. After The Partridge Family, she made several TV movies and the television program, Mulligan's Stew in 1977, she played the niece of the stars, Lawrence Pressman and Elinor Donahue. Her last movie role was in Children of Divorce from 1980.

She was a graduate of Pierce College, and until 1993 she owned and operated a bookstore. On March 2, 2010, during a reunion interview on NBC's Today show, she stated that she was a manager at an Office Max.

Death
Crough died suddenly at her home in Laughlin, Nevada, on April 27, 2015, at the age of 52. The cause of death was not immediately reported, but Las Vegas police issued a statement that it was due to a "medical episode" and was "not suspicious".According to the coroner of Clark County, Nevada, Crough's cause of death was arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, a rare form of cardiomyopathy.

Several of Crough's Partridge Family co-stars paid tribute to her, including Shirley Jones and Danny Bonaduce. Bonaduce lamented, "Everyone thought I'd be the first Partridge to go. Sadly it was little Tracy. Suzanne was a wonderful lady and a good mom. She will be missed."