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Ron Howard and his wife want to share the love as they celebrate 50 years of marriage.

The Academy Award-winning director recently revealed that to celebrate their anniversary, he and his wife, Cheryl Howard, donated a Victorian-style love seat to a Los Angeles-area park where they used to go on dates.

"I got the idea of an old-fashioned sort of love seat where couples could sit and talk and smooch a little bit," he told People magazine in a recent interview. The "Apollo 13" director said he had at first considered a traditional bench.

The bronze "kissing chair" is located at Johnny Carson Park. It has an estimated value of $88,440, according to the City of Burbank .

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