Ron Howard Says Marriage With Wife Cheryl Is "One Of Many Blessings" On 45th Anniversary

Jun 12, 2020 by apost team

Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, 65, says his wife, Cheryl is "one of many blessings," in an Instagram post commemorating the couple's 45th wedding anniversary on Monday.

Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, 65, met his wife, Cheryl, when he was just a junior at John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California. He told People that their meeting as an instant connection: 

“I met her, and there was never anybody else.”

He shared a photo of him and his wife on Instagram, stating that a life with her has been one of his many blessings and lessons. He wrote:

"45yrs ago today Cheryl & I wed. Our journey has been one of many blessings & lessons experienced both together & as individuals. In these often heartbreaking times we will continue to listen & learn & hope our country will grow, unify, flourish & set a positive example for the world."

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“People say, ‘How’d you do it?’ There’s no technique. There’s no tactic other than communication is really important. You have to learn to communicate and have difficult conversations in constructive ways,” says Howard.

“Beyond that, there’s an element of luck because people either grow together or they don’t and I don’t think you can force that.”

Howard played Opie on The Andy Griffith Show at age five and later starred as Richie Cunningham on TV’s Happy Days from 1974 to 1980, but says he always knew his true calling was to work behind the camera as a director.

“I was an actor who dreamed of being a director,” says the two-time Oscar winner. His latest film is the documentary Pavarotti, which movingly tells the life story of the famed opera singer.

Cheryl has been by his side throughout it all. The couple raised their four children—actress Bryce Dallas Howard, 39, twins Paige and Jocelyn, 35, and son Reed, 33, outside of Hollywood in Greenwich, Connecticut, and now have five grandkids. His eldest daughter, Bryce, has said that she looks at her dad as her mentor.

She and her father have always been close, so much so that Bryce told People in June 2018 that she and her husband Seth Gabel have modeled their parenting style after her dad’s.

“You’re an excellent teacher and you’re really, really patient,” Bryce said, in a joint interview with her father.

“You were never one of those parents where if I had a question, you would rush through it. Or if I needed to figure something out, that you would just [blow me off]. You really would stop and take the time to explain things.”

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