Bob Saccenti Don used to come and see me when I was hurt one of those You need anything, let me know, things. Thus, the depiction of his life and death in film was handled in the 2009 documentary Thunder Man: The Don Aronow Story and the 2018 film Speed Kills, which was directed by John Travolta. [2] David [7] Over the years, theories have developed to involve the Chicago mob, Colombian drug kingpins, cuckolded husbands or just a random shooter. Separately, there were rumours that Aronow may have been assisting law enforcement, even becoming an informant or at least that, in early 1987, he was about to be subpoenaed to give evidence about the USA Racing Team transactions. "A stunning blonde. Cigarette, Donzi and other Aronow-conceived brands live on, as do the Miami to Key West race and offshore poker runs. They had two sons, Gavin and Wylie. The 2018 criminal drama film Speed Kills served as a vehicle for Dons epicness. He went to 188th Street in Miami and decided he wanted to put a plant there. Aronow sold the company (and Brownie) shortly after its inception (and a couple of big offshore wins). I was a little hesitant to move to Miami, because my view of it was straight out of Miami Vice. Guys wanted to be him. He raced his 8.2-metre Maltese Magnum all over the world. Aronow evidently stopped his car willingly; he was found with his foot pressed fully down on the accelerator, the 5.6-litre Mercedes engine racing wildly hed put the car in neutral, almost certainly to engage whoever was inside the Lincoln. Their father, Hugh Gibb, was mugged; Barry Gibbs wife, Linda, had her purse snatched. Her son Adam Kimmel is a menswear designer. Saccenti: When he came to Florida, he got hooked up with the greats, and he definitely made his mark. But it bothered Don Aronow that he couldn't win. Performance boats attract a lot of characters. One of those characters was a racing boat driver and drug smuggler called Ben Kramer. He thought he was going to semi-retire to Florida and skin dive and fish, but he got bored. She has a son with him. Don Aronow: The King of Thunderboat Row, 1994, by Michael Aronow The people who killed him were found out almost a decade after the fact. Still riding high in the charts was The Bangles recent chart-topper Walk Like an Egyptian, originally inspired by the way people struggle to maintain balance aboard boats, apparently. The American-Puerto Rican crime drama film Speed Kills is based on the real-life boat designer and racer Donald Joel Aronow, who started Magnum Marine in Florida in 1966. Michael, his oldest son, was one of the best athletes at the University of Florida. With his first wife, Shirley Goldin, he has two sons and a daughter. First published in the October 2022 issue of BOAT International. In the real-life offshore racing seasons, a majority of the contestants might well turn out to be drug runners say, George Morales, Sal Magluta and Willie Falcn, all convicted of cocaine trafficking. He retired and moved to Florida 10 years later -- a millionaire in his early 30's, his fortune spawned by the thousands of tract homes Aronow had built and sold throughout northern New Jersey. Aronow: My father broke up more marriages than anybody. One of Don Aronow's race horses has just finished first. The weather was cold and he was getting ulcers. [2] Six foot three, real good looking, lots of swagger. Aronow sold the company (and Brownie) shortly after its inception (and a couple of big offshore wins). Aranow was married twice, and his two marriages gave him a total of five children. Don Aronow was a dead set legend. The movie sequences accurately depicted his wealth, which was real. It cost Aronow a fortune to divorce his wife Shirley in 1979. Certainly it is less difficult now to see how, in 1980s Miami, the murder of a man as magnetic as Aronow could garner 140 suspects at the Metro-Dade Police Department, each with the apparent motive, means and opportunity to have the King of Thunderboat Row gunned down in broad daylight. Similar to IMDb, it lists a middling 4.2 stars out of 10. [3] In 1995, career criminal Bobby Young admitted to shooting Aronow and pleaded no contest to second degree murder, eventually providing a full confession in 2009 shortly before his death. Having sold Cigarette for the last time in 1982 (after having sold it and purchasing it back in the late 1970s while merging it with his own Squadron Marine), he formed USA Racing Team and built the Blue Thunders, 39-foot catamarans used by the United States Customs Service to patrol U.S. waters and run down illegal offshore activities, especially drug smuggling. Content presented under the "BOAT Presents" logo is an advertising feature and Boat International Limited has been paid to include this content. Money comes and goes. The business was established in 1953 and immediately became one of the biggest construction firms in the region. Furthermore, there were witnesses plenty of them, if not always consistent in the details they shared with police. During his quarter-century-long reign as the undisputed king of Thunderboat Row, Aronow was a lot of different things to a lot of different people. The boat coasted in fourth. The murder may forever remain a mystery. Itinerary: Between the Bays in Anguilla and St Martin, Why this 38m yacht is the perfect new year purchase, A closer look at Benettis new 85m futuristic concept Project ORO. Claudia is a New York-based artist. Peters: [upon hearing Browns story] Im from California, I hope that storys not about me! Michael Peters If you were a coward with him, you were gone. Although he entered a no guilty plea to manslaughter in 1996, the real offender was Ben Kramer, the 1986 American Power Boat Association Offshore Championship winner. Hes the only person Ive ever known like that. After purchasing Aronows USA Racing Team, Kramer and the latter got into a business dispute, but after the Customs Service refused to do business with him, Kramer was obliged to give it back to Aronow. Allan Brown Shirley was his first wife. That was on my to-do list, Deal with Baby Doc. That was the cast of characters he was involved with. The contessa was at the wheel of her two-seater Italian sportscar, its tires squealing as she forced the car through the mountain curves. He might also try to buy the companies back, for cents on the dollar. They just dont make em like Don Aronow anymore. Lillian Aronow: Winning is an natural aphrodisiac. A guy comes in with the money and you build a boat for them and you never know. The Lincoln drove over the grass to get away. And then the investigation got going and they realized who Aronow was involved with, and Bush backpedaled out of there as fast as he could. Don did not enjoy boating. He pulled alongside a Lincoln car with tinted windows. He was a great dad and a great husband. Witnesses said a powder blue Lincoln pulled up next to Aronow's car from the opposite direction, and when Aronow rolled down its window the driver opened fire. As director of the CIA, hed also interacted with Aronow, recalling how Don came and offered to help our country. [2] In 1947, he returned to the USA and completed his studies graduating from Brooklyn College in 1948 with a physical education degree[1] earning letters in football, wrestling, and track. [1] His father owned a gas station and then a taxi company which collapsed during the Great Depression. Some people bad-mouth him, Oh he did this, he robbed that, well thats shame on you. Thats the king, came the response, according to The Washington Post. "It was a pretty informal thing. In 1964 he started Donzi Marine; the Donzi brand became an international success and Aronow quickly sold the company to Teleflex Inc. in mid-1965. Despite being pursued, the murderers managed to escape by driving across the grass. New hotels and office towers are rising in Miami, and once-sleepy towns nearby are growing skylines of their own, chronicled Time. Back in those days [criminal activity involving speedboats] was very prevalent because there was a lot of smuggling going on. A guy would come looking at a boat with a girl, and the guy would ask How much? And Don would go, $70,000. The guy would say, Thats too much. And Don would say, every time, I think you should go get a Bayliner then, this is way too much boat for you. And the guys would be ripping their pockets open trying to give him money!, Michael Peters A guy would walk into his shop, all excited to meet [Aronow] and buy a boat. Then the investigation got going and they realised who Aronow was involved with. His company, Bertram Yacht, drew worldwide attention. Read more:David A. Arnold: Death And Obituary How Did Famous Comedian, Actor-Writer &Producer Die? I cant imagine that, though, he was pretty easy to find. Peters: A guy would walk into his shop, all excited to meet [Aronow] and buy a boat. WebAronow married twice. According to Dons Wikipedia page, he was slain on February 3, 1987, while driving towards his boat firms North Miami Beach headquarters at the end of 188th Street. They had two sons, Gavin and Wylie. Brown: Everybody has their own idea about why he was in Miami. Hed retained his key designers. Today, Thunderboat Row is a transformed, gentrified enclave. WebClaudia is a New York artist and ex-wife of real estate developer Martin Kimmel. When you shook his hand that was the deal. His roles in Saturday Night Fever, Carrie, Urban Cowboy, Face/Off, Grease, and A Civil Action, among many others, make him a must-see 70s and 80s heartthrob. Peters: Aronow looked the part. In Italy. His mother and father sounded very frightened in the front seat of the car as it sped homeward through the night. They pulled him out, he was pale, he had gone unconscious at some point. Lipschutz: Once racings in your blood you can never get it out. It reported Miamis Federal Reserve branch to have amassed a currency surplus of $5 billion, mostly in drug-generated $50 and $100 bills, or more than the nations 12 Federal Reserve banks combined. The associated crime could strike anyone. Next, he started Donzi, named after himself, again on NE 188th Street. "These guys earned their money," Aronow says. Aronow set out after Bertram, working with designers on NE 188th Street to create deep V fibreglass Formula boats, notably the seven-metre 233. It fuelled an uneasy dynamism. Further reading. Brown: He was murdered right out in front of my office halfway between Saccentis building and my building. I dont think it ever ran again., Michael Peters He didnt like guys that came in and tried to go toe-to-toe with him. It would be easy to become blocked in here. Aronow agreed to buy USA Racing Team back from Kramer, equally predictably for less than the consideration hed received. The Shah of Iran, George Bush Sr., and Lyndon Johnson all had speedboats that he made for them. People said whatever Don touched turned to gold., Michael Aronow Forrest Johnson was originally his fishing buddy. He competed in the race in April 62 and led until the end, but they [blew] a clutch and had nothing left. The deals off. Im guessing Don kept some of the under-thetable money., Michael Peters I had gone through a divorce and it was terrible times. Guys wanted to be him. Little could prepare him for the scene two hundred metres up the street. It was all downhill from there. We could see all the gunshots., Allan Brown He was murdered right out in front of my office, halfway betweenSaccentis building and my building. Of the World's most recognized racing boat companies, Don Aronow established five; Donzi, Formula, Magnum, Cigarette and The automobiles tycoons untimely demise, which made international headlines, did not go over well with the crowd. Adam Kimmel, the menswear designer and spouse of The Glass House actress Leelee Sobieski, is the son of the ex-couple. You had to be able to match. Five days after his murder, The Washington Post reported that a Customs official described Aronow as co-operative when Aronow had been approached for information about one of his clients. I just did you a favour., Michael Peters [upon hearing Browns story] Im from California, I hope that storys not about me!, Bob Saccenti I think there were over 100 suspects when they finally killed him., Michael Peters It could have been anyone, from drug runners to business partners to jealous husbands.. Barely into his forties, Aronow was now a famous, feted and very wealthy man. I went over there and he had holes all over him. But if he didnt like you, watch out. Brown: Hed fuck your wife in a second. The Captain has covered Dons extravagant and extravagant lifestyle in great detail. Who Is Ben Aronoff? To finance the development, he sold more civilised versions, with teak decks and sleeping quarters, to the general public. He gave the impression that he felt he could take whatever he wanted.. ESPN covers Dons career as a boat racer, discussing everything from his life in luxury to his death. Bobby Young, the convicted shooter and the man who might have provided definitive answers, died in jail in 2009. So he commissioned a design from Michael Peters that split a V in two to create a catamaran. When Cigarette founder and powerboat racing champion Don Aronow was shot dead on 3 February 1987 in Miami, the boating world was convulsed, but not everybody was surprised. He stepped off and said, The boats a piece of shit, kid. Your access to this page has been blocked. Many disputes were going on in his marital life. He was very young. Ben establishes his automotive empire in the film after relocating to Miami and changing his perspective to win. He succeeds in a number of major motor races and rises to the position of speedboat tycoon. [A tough, athletic, Jewish kid from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, by age 21 Aronow found himself married and about to start a career in his father-in-laws New Jersey How a week chartering in Croatia with SamBoat changed my life. We considered Formula to be a utility boat. The fictionalized version of Donald Aronow is played by Ben Aronoff. The same year he almost killed himself when his race boat hit a wave off California, shot airborne and slammed into a helicopter hovering overhead. He has three childrenMichael, David, and Claudiawith Shirley Goldin, his first wife. Race officials found themselves in invidious positions. This sum, Aronow did not return. Innovations such as fibreglass construction techniques and the drag-reducing deep V hull were taking chunks from the record times, and also from crews in rough seas. Aronow left his office in his white Mercedes, shortly after visiting a rival boat dealership owned by Kramer. Congregating witnesses spoke of a dark Lincoln Continental having pulled up alongside Aronows white Mercedes. With his father, he also founded Fort Apache Marina on the Row, comprising a boat storage facility, waterfront restaurant and patio bar. Since then, Aronow has designed and built some of the world fastest ocean powerboat racers -- including the stubby Maltgese Magnum, the sporty Donzi and the world famous Cigarette. He was right out of a Hollywood script. By the end of 1962, Don had founded the Formula Marine boat company as a specialized moto boat business, which he ultimately sold to Alliance Machine Corp. of Merrick Lewis. He has three childrenMichael, David, and Claudiawith Shirley Goldin, his first wife. But Don was badly hurt in a car accident in 1970 and had to use a wheelchair from then on. My Legacy: Inside Codecasa's 56m superyacht that champions traditionalism, Mimi La Sardine: The 33.5m explorer designed with a little help from Pinterest, My Song: Sailing in symphony on board the first ClubSwan 80, Interior designer Katharine Pooley turns her hand to boats, 130+ superyachts flock to St Barths for New Year's celebrations, Celebrities spotted on superyachts during the holidays. Don and I had had a meeting to discuss my salary. Don was the only person who gave me more than a platitude he gave me a job. You make real money when you sell the company. Aronow: After the 62 race my father started to work with Jim Wynne and Walt Walters. (Captains note: this means party animal.). After divorcing his first wife, Shirley, with whom he had three children, Aronow married Lillian Crawford, a Wilhelmina fashion model and socialite. A violent criminal named Bobby Young was fingered as the hitman, whose employer according to the courts was Ben Kramer. [2] Who is this guy? asked an arriving first responder. Don was the only person who gave me more than a platitudehe gave me a job, this was December of 86. It cost Aronow a fortune to divorce his wife Shirley in 1979. Aronow had sold USA Racing Team a company that built high-speed catamarans for the US Customs Service to Kramer and his father in 1985. 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Brown: Shirley was his first wife. They had me in a cage for three years and nine months, with no daylight, no contact with human beings, Kramer said. ), After Aronows brief visit with Saccenti, he got back in his white Mercedes and began to pull away. The EMS showed up. Peters: He didnt like guys that came in and tried to go toe to toe with him. Wally Tatomir: Death And Obituary What Is The Cause Of The Equipment Manager&Death? Whats the difference between Heesens three superyacht build concepts? Around one-third of the regions murders were believed to be related to drugs. He went to 188th Street in Miami and decided he wanted to put a plant there. He had bought a boat in California and he asked Aronow and me to drive it and see if it was any good. Whereas Don Aronow was more brash, assertive more resolutely a mans man. Leaving his office that afternoon, Aronow was making for his North Bay Road residence, a 1929 Spanish-style waterfront mansion undergoing renovations, 30 minutes drive away. Are lithium-ion batteries to blame for recent boat blazes? [But] he was home every night. The weather was cold and he was getting ulcers and he said, I cant do this anymore. Kramer got a 19-year sentence for manslaughter to run concurrently with a life term for marijuana smuggling. Don Aronow: (frowning) You mean back when I was a kid? [3][4][5] Kramer had a business dispute with Aronow after buying the latter's USA Racing Team but was forced to sell it back to Aronow after the Customs Service refused to do business with him. Meet His Family, Ben Aronoff Net Worth Figures In The Movie. "I'd never be married to a beautiful woman like Lillian if I hauled garbage for a living," Aronow adds. Don Aronow with his wife Lillian and son Gavin. Don Aronow, powerboat racing champion and founder of Magnum, Cigarette and Donzi, continues to fascinate as doeshismysterious death,discovers Daniel Pembrey. After Aronows brief visit with Saccenti, he got back in his white Mercedes and began to pull away. Michael, Donalds eldest son, thought his dad was a hero. That was the cast of characters he was involved with. [1], After school, he worked as a physical education teacher for a time until he accepted a job at his father-in-law's southern New Jersey construction business which was booming thanks to demand from returning World War II veterans. After years of delight, his prosperity is abruptly ended when he is discovered dead in his automobile. Sure enough, I moved there on a Monday and he was murdered that Tuesday.. Next thing I know an employee comes in and hes banging on my door. Hes pointing out the door and theres Don in his car, the engine screaming and hes slumped over the steering wheel. An estimated 70 per cent of all marijuana and cocaine imported into the US passes through South Florida, the feature reported. Given this unpromising start in life, the seven-ton, 11.9-metre Blue Thunder vessels acquitted themselves well. He came to my basketball games, my football games, he was always around. Claudia is a New York-based artist. He would have a succession of ladies that would appear. Meanwhile, Kramer had been convicted of massive marijuana smuggling and money laundering, receiving multiple prison sentences including life without parole. Writer: (to Aronow) Tell me about your earliest memory. They had three children: [1] Michael who was a star athlete at the University of Florida until he was severely injured in a car accident in 1970 and used a wheelchair after that. "I'd never be married to a beautiful woman like Lillian if I hauled garbage for a living," Aronow adds. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! He said, I cant do this anymore. His 193cm, still-athletic frame barely fitted inside the sporty white Mercedes-Benz two-seater in which he drove away from USA Racing Teams office on Thunderboat Row. A kid was going to start a boat company in Florida, he had bought a boat in California, and he asked Aronow and me to drive it and see if it was any good. But in the end, the investigation led to a hired gun. [One of those characters was a race-boat driver and drug smuggler named Ben Kramer. The University of Florida standout athlete Michael was the one who suffered serious injuries in a vehicle accident in 1970. He was a real successful cocksman. He started hosting Sunday afternoon brunches at the new home, sometimes for 50 or 60 people, with only Skip and Joanne Allen, of Southern Boating, and my wife and I as the token Christians. He later got married to Lillian Crawford, a model for Wilhelmina who was 24 years younger than he was. But in the end the investigation led to a hired gun. Don Aronow has actually been married twice in his life. Their son is menswear designer Adam Kimmel; His second wife was former Wilhelmina model, Lillian Crawford, 24 years his junior. Everyone who knew legendary Cigarette founder Don Aronow has a story to tell about him. A world-champion boat racer who enjoyed wild success in business, he was also an unapologetic playboy and fabled bon vivant. Once Aronow was able to formally open his new company, he started Cigarette Racing Team using his own designs in 1970. During our conversation she revealed that she was a bit hesitant about being interviewed since she is not someone who is comfortable in the public eye but in the end we chatted about everything from her art, her stint in the antiques business to her childhood in Florida with her father, Don Aronow the boat racer and builder of the renowned By November 1981, a Time magazine cover feature was declaring that an epidemic of violent crime, a plague of illicit drugs and a tidal wave of refugees have slammed into South Florida with the destructive power of a hurricane. Radios blared out the hits of the day. Additionally, Travoltas earlier fame did not contribute to the films success. He gave me a spacious office, and I thought, Finally, Im starting to feel secure in life after a recent divorce. I remember taking a call from a guy named Ben Kramer and telling him that Don had already left his office for the day.. Don Aronow is also quite proud of his lovely wife Lillian. If your browser is out of date, try updating it. Another witness tried to follow the Lincoln as it fled but could not catch the killer(s). "That's what winning is all about," Aronow grins nearly 20 years later. Revealingly, the Time feature predicted that Miami would remain, as the late President Jaime Rolds of Ecuador put it, the capital of Latin America. On Tuesday, Smith, the retired detective, called Aronows widow, Lillian, to break the news. And I can tell you, the day he was murdered there were phone calls to the King of Jordan, the King of Spain, George Bush. There'd been a problem with the taxicab company his father owned in upstate New York. In 1948, he married Shirley Goldin [1] [6] who he had met while working as a lifeguard on Coney Island. I was like, do I really want to move down there? I just did you a favor.. A tough, athletic, Jewish kid from Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York, by the age of 21, Aronow was married and about to start a career in his father-in-laws New Jersey construction company. He competed in the race in April 1962 and led until the end. Or man, his brother Robin added. [On the afternoon of February 3, 1987, a man claiming to be Jerry Jacoby walked into Aronows Thunderboat Row office exhibiting strange behavior; inquiring about a 60-foot boat and alluding to a mysterious man that he worked forand who he would kill for if need be. WebProfile of Don Aronow murder on TV show Expose hosted by Tom Brokaw Much was explained by the states southern exposure and geography its thousands of kilometres of coastline, coves and inlets. Aronow: After he was working with the family for a few years he went off on his own and started building homes, then shopping centers, industrial parks, all over northern New Jersey. WebIn 1964, Brownie worked for Don Aronow at Donzi Marine, the first real sport boat builder. Adam and Leelee Sobieski also gave Don a great-granddaughter, Louisanna Ray Kimmel. Aronow's Cigarette has also become the low slung get-away boat of choice for South Florida's high-rolling drug smugglers.? His second hull was fiberglass -- its hull shaped in a deep-vee to slash through the waves. Don Aronow has actually been married twice in his life. "I'm one of these guys who has to finish first," Aronow explains. Credit: Courtesy of Arthur Jay Harris. He was a quiet boy, remarkably shy during his early years, with delicate features and soft brown eyes. Marchesa Katrin Theodoli and her husband became the owners of Magnum. But he knew from Bertrams experience that the way to promote and build his company was by winning races. So does Jordan's King Hussein -- and Haiti's President Baby Doc, fugitive financer Robert Vesco, British tabloid tycoon Sir Max Aitken, King Juan Carlos of Spain and Evil Kneviel. Aronow had just left a meeting with Bob Saccenti, part owner of Apache Power Boats together with partner Ben Kramer. Of the World's most recognized racing boat companies, Don Aronow established five; Donzi, Formula, Magnum, Cigarette and Don Aronow has actually been married twice in his life. Due to Dons business relationships with some of the riskiest figures in the field, his name was changed to Ben Aronoff. Saccenti: He was a great guy and a great businessman. And if you had money and you were a coward, hed take as much as possible. Michael Peters concludes, If you want to find anything comparable today, you need to look elsewhere, maybe to the final frontier Blue Origin, SpaceX, Bezos and Musk. He pauses. 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