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SUZANNE CROUGH-ACTRESS IN PARTRIDGE FAMILY-DIES AT 52

CAUSE UNKNOWN, AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED

USPA NEWS - Suzanne Crough, who played the youngest daughter on “The Partridge Family,“ the hit 1970s sitcom about a family band, died on Monday at her home in Laughlin, Nev. She was 52.
Ms. Crough had appeared only in a Barbie commercial before she was cast on “The Partridge Family,“ which debuted on ABC in 1970. Her character sang backup vocals, played the tambourine and set up punch lines for her older co-stars Danny Bonaduce and David Cassidy.
The cast also included Brian Forster, Susan Dey and Shirley Jones, as the widowed mother of the children, and Dave Madden, who played the group´s manager.
After the show went off the air in 1974, Ms. Crough appeared in the 1977 drama series “Mulligan´s Stew“ on NBC and in the Academy Award-winning short film “Teenage Father“ in 1978. Her last credited role was in the television movie “Children of Divorce“ in 1980.
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