The Partridge Family cast. ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images; Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images. Described as "a wild child who came from an unhappy home" by his TV mom, Shirley Jones, Bonaduce ...

On September. 25, 1970, at 8:30 p.m., The Partridge Family premiered on ABC. Inspired by the real-life Cowsill family, The Partridge Family and its music became a hit both on TV and on the pop charts.

In the decades since “The Partridge Family” went off the air, Bonaduce’s personal struggles have been well documented, including a 1990 arrest on a charge of buying cocaine. Sign Up to ...

The red-haired pixie playing a tambourine in the background of many a “Partridge Family” musical number has died. Suzanne Crough, a.k.a. Tracy Partridge, the youngest daughter of a TV clan ...