Celebrity Couples Were Never Supposed To Last But They Did.

1 # Ron And Cheryl Howard.

Ron and Cheryl Howard’s romance is a true tale of high school sweethearts.
In 1970, 16-year-old Ron spotted Cheryl in an English class at John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California, and was immediately struck by her.
At the time, Ron was already a household name for his role as Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show.
For their first date, Ron picked Cheryl up in a 1970 Volkswagen Bug with a broken heater and took her to see a re-release of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, followed by pizza.
During their courtship, the Golden Globe winner proposed three times before Cheryl finally said yes
Cheryl later revealed that she initially declined because she wanted to prioritize her education and “wasn’t ready to be on [his] train yet.”
The couple married in a “super modest” ceremony on June 7, 1975, in Burbank.
They have four children together, daughters Bryce Dallas, twins Jocelyn and Paige, and son Reed Cross.
In a swoon-worthy gesture, Cheryl has made a cameo appearance in every film Ron has directed since high school, serving as his “good luck charm.
In June 2025, they celebrated their milestone 50th wedding anniversary, and to mark the occasion, Ron dedicated a “kissing chair” in a Burbank park, an homage to their teenage dates in that very spot.
Beyond over five decades of marriage, Ron and Cheryl have been together as a couple for 56 years.