Vale: Suzanne Crough

Former child star Suzanne Crough, best known as the youngest member of The Partridge Family, has died according to a report by TMZ.

She was found at her home in Nevada. She was 52.

Crough starred as the tambourine-shaking daughter Tracy Partridge on the music sitcom which ran from 1970 to 1974.

An autopsy is yet to be held on the cause of death, but a family member confirmed her passing and said it was sudden.

Crough later had a regular role on an the comedy Mulligan’s Stew, in 1977. Her last onscreen appearance came on a 1980 telemovie Children of Divorce.

She last reunited with her former Partridge Family co-stars in 2010.

David Cassidy said of her passing, “Although, we did not know each other very well due to our age difference during our Partridge days, I always thought fondly of Suzanne and her family.”