Susan Buckner, best known for playing peppy Rydell High School cheerleader Patty Simcox in the 1978 classic movie musical 'Grease,' has died. She was 72.Buckner 'died peacefully' on May 2 and was 'surrounded by loved ones,' according to a statement sent to CNN on Tuesday from her family's publicist Melissa Berthier. A cause of death was not provided.
' Buckner later put her musical talents on display while appearing as a dancer and synchronized swimmer on 'The Brady Bunch Variety Hour' in 1976.Throughout the late 1970s and into the 1980s, Buckner appeared in a number of TV series including 'Starsky and Hutch,' 'The Love Boat,' and 'The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries,' and co-starred in the ABC series 'When the Whistle Blows' alongside Dolph Sweet.