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- Ron Howard and Cheryl Howard celebrated their milestone 50th wedding day connected June 7
- The longtime mates marked nan juncture a time later pinch a candid sunset photograph shared connected societal media
- Over nan people of their decades-long relationship, Ron and Cheryl person raised 4 children: daughters Bryce Dallas, Jocelyn Carlyle and Paige Carlyle, positive boy Reed Cross
Ron Howard and Cheryl Howard proceed to acquisition wedded bliss 5 decades later!
The director, 71, marked nan couple's milestone 50th wedding day pinch a post shared connected Instagram connected Sunday, June 8.
"#GoldenAnniversary Grateful for 50 astonishing years and nan family and experiences it has yielded," Ron began his caption, sharing a candid photograph of himself and Cheryl, 71, opinionated earlier a sunset.
"What an escapade down stream done calm soothing waters and immoderate tricky rapids arsenic well. Our cardinal … emotion and respect each different capable to conscionable support paddling," he continued, adding, "Thank God for you, Cheryl."
The longtime mates was met pinch celebratory remarks from their celebrated friends, including Glenn Close, who wrote, "What a spectacular milestone. And you still person miles to go," and Katie Couric, who commented, "This is truthful lovely. Happy day and convey you for nan sage advice."
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Ron and Cheryl first crossed paths erstwhile they attended John Burroughs High School successful Burbank, Calif.
"I met her, and there was ne'er anybody else," Ron told PEOPLE successful 2019 of Cheryl. "She's unbelievably supportive and ever has been. Our compatibility has endured done each kinds of experiences."
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Ron and Cheryl later exchanged rings and past joined connected June 7, 1975. Their nuptials were attended by Ron's celebrated costars, including his TV dads Andy Griffith and Tom Bosley.
Over nan people of their decades-long relationship, Ron and Cheryl person raised 4 children: daughters Bryce Dallas, Jocelyn Carlyle and Paige Carlyle, positive boy Reed Cross.
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Back successful March, Ron opened up astir nan key to his long-lasting marriage successful an exclusive question and reply pinch PEOPLE.
“I deliberation nan full cardinal is learning really to problem solve, learning really to pass and opening to spot that you arsenic a couple, you're bully astatine solving this stuff,” he said.
“Sometimes you consciousness for illustration you don't want to talk anymore, ‘Just don't. Please stop.’ And that's nan incorrect path. You're bully astatine figuring these problems out, and you statesman to spot that — and spot each other," continued nan Apollo 13 filmmaker
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Ron besides said that luck has played a domiciled successful his matrimony to Cheryl, explaining, “I deliberation there's conscionable a batch of luck successful a matrimony lasting a agelong time. I don't deliberation it's thing you tin will into existence."
The Happy Days actor added, “It's a bully thought to evidently put yourself retired location and beryllium caring and loving and beryllium considerate and each of those things, but you really person to turn together. And we've had that bully luck of our chemistry staying strong, our interests having grown and evolved, but someway remaining compatible. And truthful there's an constituent of luck there. I count myself arsenic supremely fortunate.”