Ron Howard shared an undated photo of his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, to Instagram on Feb. 1 as he marked what would have been her 98th birthday. She died at 73 in 2000. 'I love this photo because it ...

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Ron (Pa) was born September 27, 1936, in Ogden, Utah to John Howard and Hazel Marie Sewell Bitton. He was raised in Wilson Lane and the family later moved to upper 24th Street in Ogden.