Suzanne Crough, Partridge Family's clutch tambourine player, is dead at 52

After the devastating news of Suzanne Crough's death, her on-screen big brother Danny Bonaduce is honoring her memory. "Everyone thought I'd be the first Partridge to go," Bonaduce tells PEOPLE in a statement. "Sadly, it was little Tracy." "Suzanne was

Suzanne Crough, who played Tracy on TV's The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974, died on Monday. She was 52 years old. The cause of death is not yet known. As an adult, Crough owned a bookstore and later worked as a 

This 1970 photo released by courtesy of Sony Pictures Television shows, back row, from left, cast members, Shirley Jones, Dave Madden, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, and front row, from left, Brian Forster, Danny Bonaduce and Suzanne Crough of the 

Born in Fullerton, Calif., Crough starred as the tambourine-wielding daughter Tracy on The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974. She had small roles on TV shows and movies after the show ended, but quit acting in 1980 and went on to open a bookstore.

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