That high school romance that he had with Cheryl Alley eventually blossomed and they got married in 1975. In fact, he said that after he met her, there was never anybody else. He called her: “unbelievably supportive and always has been. Our compatibility has endured through all kinds of experiences.”
After being married for five decades, Ron Howard went on Instagram to share a picture of his first date with Cheryl. He said: “Nov 1 1970 Cheryl & I went on our 1st date.
“We went to see a re-release of Stanley Kramer’s It’s a Mad Mad Mad World and then got some pizza at now defunct Barnone’s in Toluca Lake. Quite a start, right?”
He also shared the plans that they had for that day, “We’ll be driving in the same ‘70 VW Bug I picked Cheryl up in 5 decades ago. It runs great. So do we.”
