RIP Susan Luckey

Susan Luckey – who famously played the role of Mayor Shinn's daughter Zaneeta in the 1962 classic “The Music Man” – passed away at her L.A. home early Thursday morning at the age of 74 … this according to her daughter Shayna Reynolds. 

Reynolds tells TMZ that her mother – real name Suzanne Douglas -- hadn't been suffering from any long-term illness ... explaining that her death was "just old age."

We're told Susan didn’t want a traditional funeral -- instead, her body was cremated and the remains placed in a "decorative box" where other family members have been laid to rest. 

Besides her role in "The Music Man," Luckey starred alongside Shirley Jones in the 1956 film “Carousel” … and was one of the Native Americans in the original Broadway production of “Peter Pan.”

LUCKEY, Susan

Born: 4/4/1938, Hollywood, California, U.S.A.

Died: 11/29/2012, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Susan Luckey’s western – actress:

Annie Get Your Gun (TV) -1957 (Winnie Tate)