The youngest daughter on hit 1970s television show "The
Partridge Family" has died.
Suzanne Crough Condray, who played Tracy Partridge, was
found dead Monday night at home in Laughlin, near Las Vegas. She was 52.
Her husband, William Condray, said his wife was a patient
and loving wife, mother and grandmother.
"She was madly in love with her granddaughter,"
Condray said of their 1-year-old granddaughter, Evelena.
Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said Tuesday that an
autopsy was scheduled Wednesday. Her cause of death is pending the results of
forensic laboratory testing.
The child actress was featured on "The Partridge
Family," which ran on ABC from September 1970 to March 1974.
The show revolved around a widowed mother and her five
children who formed a band. The series starred Shirley Jones, with her
real-life stepson David Cassidy as the resident heartthrob.
Crough as Tracy played the tambourine as a member of the TV
family's band. She was often the warm backdrop that set up the zingers flung
out by her on-screen brother Danny, played by Danny Bonaduce.
She also appeared in commercials as a child but largely stayed
out of the limelight as an adult, according to IMDB.com.
The former actress did attend the occasional "Partridge
Family" reunion, including interviews and other celebrations.
Crough lived for years in her native California with her
husband and two daughters, including a first-born who she said looked just like
her, according to a 1993 USA Today report. She had also owned the Book Center
bookstore in Temecula, California.
Her tearful husband said Tuesday that he met his wife
decades ago, starting as friends before dating. The couple had plans to mark
their anniversary this summer.
"My wife and I were going to celebrate 30 years of
marriage in July," he said.
Services have not been set.