[1][2] In 1959, at age of 32, the now-millionaire Aronow moved to Miami with his family, where he began racing boats as a hobby.[2]. Youre a businessman too. Collecting his children from summer camp, and not returning to the family home, the 34 year-old arrived in Florida with a $2 million retirement fund. Meet His Family, Ben Aronoff Net Worth Figures In The Movie. 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. "I'd never be married to a beautiful woman like Lillian if I hauled garbage for a living," Aronow adds. Bobby Young, the convicted shooter and the man who might have provided definitive answers, died in jail in 2009. More tips and leads pointed to Kramer as the man whod ordered and paid for the hit. However, when the Customs Service found out about the younger Kramers criminal reputation, they put the kibosh on the transaction, Allan Brown Ben Kramer bought USA Racing from Aronow and apparently there was some money under the table. Being a multimillionaire and accomplished speedboat racing champion, he frequently ran afoul of the law and numerous drug lords in the water metropolis. WebAronow married twice. The rest of NE 188th Street is covered with blocks of expensive condos promising comfortable waterside living. Six foot three, real good looking, lots of swagger. WebAronow married twice. Similar to IMDb, it lists a middling 4.2 stars out of 10. Nearly a decade later, two men pleaded no contest to charges related to Aronow's killing. I went over there and he had holes all over him. Credit: Courtesy of Arthur Jay Harris. He designed, built and raced the famous Magnum Marine, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi and Formula speedboats. The Beatles, Don Aronow, and his son Michael cruise off Miami before the bands iconic 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. It was all downhill from there. Those times can only be likened to the Old West: the Marlboro Man; the weed-strewn strip with its pioneers and settlers; the freebooters from south of the border bringing their lawlessness and loot and the law of the gun. Guys wanted to be him. The result was the 8.5-metre 007, named after the gathering cinematic phenomenon. He was about outdoing the other guy no matter what you were doing. Speculation about who the killer might be ran from jilted lovers to jealous husbands to Meyer Lansky to the CIA. Boat International Media Ltd 2008 - 2022. An estimated 70 per cent of all marijuana and cocaine imported into the US passes through South Florida, the feature reported. And every new [Cigarette] that I do, I drive right by his house with it just so he can see. He built this entire street. Airlifted to a nearby hospital, Don Aronow was dead within the hour. Michael, his oldest son, was one of the best athletes at the University of Florida. From being a huge success in the construction industry, he went on the being a legend as a powerboat designer and racer. There'd been a problem with the taxicab company his father owned in upstate New York. This sum, Aronow did not return. He later got married to Lillian Crawford, a model for Wilhelmina who was 24 years younger than he was. [2] David [7] In Italy. Aronow famously kept company with people from all walks of life. He was a real successful cocksman the best I ever saw. Jackson said it was the best in the world. The murder may forever remain a mystery. I just did you a favor.. Due to Dons business relationships with some of the riskiest figures in the field, his name was changed to Ben Aronoff. Sign up to BOAT International email newsletters to get the latest superyacht news, business analysis, exclusive event invitations, and more. The University of Florida standout athlete Michael was the one who suffered serious injuries in a vehicle accident in 1970. On February 3, 1987, Aronow was murdered in his car at the end of 188th Street in North Miami Beach where his boat companies operated. There was a jumpiness, an electricity in the air, too not unusual on the street known locally as Thunderboat Row, Performance Street or Gasoline Alley. Lillian Aronow: Winning is an natural aphrodisiac. Marchesa Katrin Theodoli and her husband became the owners of Magnum. We collected some of the best. Many disputes were going on in his marital life. 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. Phil Lipschutz I never had any inkling that Don was involved in something illegal. Nearly 60, he talked of taking up racing again. Those two managed to make you feel like you were the centre of their world. The University of Florida standout athlete Michael was the one who suffered serious injuries in a vehicle accident in 1970. Aronow's boats won over 350 offshore races and he was a two-time world champion and three-time U.S. champion. Aronow: After the 62 race my father started to work with Jim Wynne and Walt Walters. He hung out with kings, mobsters and the Beatles, and considered future president George HW Bush a close friend. In 1966, he founded Magnum Marine and in 1967 proceeded to win his first World Championship driving two 27' Magnums, a single engine inboard and a triple engine Mercury-powered outboard. A five-year non-compete agreement with Cigarette Racing, one of the companies hed sold, dated to 1982 and was about to expire. I went over there and he had holes all over him. Mega-priced and obscenely over-powered, Aronow's sleek craft have set 25 world speed records, won more than 300 major races and earned a dozen world ocean racing champions. Aronow had sold USA Racing Teama company that built high-speed catamarans for the U.S. Customs Serviceto Kramer and his father in 1985. Made quite a lot of money on it in spring of 1964. [1] He had two elder sisters, Sylvia and Lillian. Jackson said it was the best in the world. He became hooked on racing and thats how it all began., Phil Lipschutz Once racings in your blood, you can never get it out., Michael Aronow After that 62 race, my father started to work with Jim Wynne and Walt Walters. They could not countenance procuring drug interdiction boats from a firm owned by a convicted smuggler and predictably moved to cancel the procurement contract. Within a year of its creation, Donzi Marine gained recognition on a global scale, making it an immediate success. Although witnesses failed to identify him in police line-ups, Young pled no contest to the shooting. Aronow was bigger than life, and he was also a boat designer. Over the years, theories have developed to involve the Chicago mob, Colombian drug kingpins, cuckolded husbands or just a random shooter. 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. The full breakdown of his net worth at the time of his passing is still unavailable to the general public. He was a real successful cocksman. Having made a fortune in the construction business in New Jersey, building homes and shopping centres, Aronow hastily relocated to Florida in 1961. Don built boats for good guys and he built them for bad guys. He was larger than life. Given this unpromising start in life, the seven-ton, 11.9-metre Blue Thunder vessels acquitted themselves well. [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 The 2018 criminal drama film Speed Kills served as a vehicle for Dons epicness. [1] His father owned a gas station and then a taxi company which collapsed during the Great Depression. That one time, Don said, Alright kid, Ill see ya, and walked out the door. But Aronow may have possessed a darker side that even he could not outrun. Claudia is a New York-based artist. 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. 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. He owns a horse farm in Ocala, a home in Miami Beach and a new Long Island estate that just made Toen and Country. A guy comes in with the money and you build a boat for them and you never know. 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. 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. I told my secretary to call 911. And if you had money and you were a coward, hed take as much as possible. 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. What are the core values of superyacht builder Sirena Yachts? After buying Aronows USA Racing Team, Kramer had a business dispute with Aronow, but was forced to sell it back to Aronow after the Customs Service refused to do business with him. Everything there to me was racing and drug trafficking. aronow: I dont think any of those guys had ever seen anything quite like it to be honest. It was into this volatile, heady mix that vice president George HW Bush President Reagans lieutenant in the White Houses war on drugs unwittingly stepped. And he liked to get the best of people. The main character of Speed Kills, Ben Aronoff, is based on Miamis actual motor king, Donald Don Aronow. Performance boats attract a lot of characters. One of those characters was a racing boat driver and drug smuggler called Ben Kramer. Next thing I know, an employee is banging on my door. Australia, DEAN OF THE DEEP | TIM DEAN ABOARD HIS 47FT OBRIEN, FULL SEND MODE CLAYTON MCDIARMIDS MINT HAINES HUNTER V17. Some men had told his father that he'd lost it. Allan Brown Shirley was his first wife. Don Aronow, powerboat racing champion and founder of Magnum, Cigarette and Donzi, continues to fascinate as doeshismysterious death,discovers Daniel Pembrey. However when the Customs Service found out about the younger Kramers criminal reputation, they put the kibosh on the transaction.]. Emblematic of both the American dream and a particularly magnetic kind of American masculinity, Aronow was a frontiersman, a real-life Marlboro Man and a fearless racer. Revealingly, the Time feature predicted that Miami would remain, as the late President Jaime Rolds of Ecuador put it, the capital of Latin America. I was a little hesitant to move to Miami, because my view of it was straight out of Miami Vice. "I took her to all the best places," Aronow says. He would have a succession of ladies that would appear. Whereas Don Aronow was more brash, assertive more resolutely a mans man. Money comes and goes. They had two sons, Gavin and Wylie. In reality, Don had already amassed a million dollars before relocating to Miami with his family. Get this magazine sent straight to your door, or subscribe and never miss an issue. [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 (ABOVE) TICKET TO RIDE: Don Aronow and his son, Michael, cruising off Miami with the Beatles before their iconic 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan show. That was on my to-do list: Deal with Baby Doc. "So I decided to build a powerboat race that would beat these other guys.". The Beatles, Don Aronow, and his son Michael cruise off Miami before the bands iconic 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Don did not enjoy boating. [Allegations ran wild in the aftermath of Aronows death. Money comes and goes. Half out of his car, Aronow lay slumped, crimson blooming across his shirt. You dont dare honk your horn at anybody; you could end up dead.. As director of the CIA, hed also interacted with Aronow, recalling how Don came and offered to help our country. But in the end, the investigation led to a hired gun. "A stunning blonde. Brown: Every boat he sold was built for himself. Theres about 70 people out there who think they have a boat Don built for himself. He was an alpha male, like the male lion you see on safari. Don Aronow is a proud man; proud of the way he's survived. He wears khaki slacks to work-tieless and sockless-as he cuts six-figure boat deals with a young Italian count one minute, and talks rpm's with a greasy race mechanic the next. Some people say he was hiding from the mob. Seemingly he had everything to live for. Brown: He was also the best boat salesman in the history of the world. He was a great dad and a great husband. Rumours concerning Fort Apache continue to circulate, including one about the dock area, positing that camouflaged metal doors opened into large storage compartments, accessible at low tide at night, say. And if you had money and you were a coward, hed take as much as possible. "I got into ocean powerboat racing after I retired to Florida," he says. At his funeral, Doc Magoon gave the eulogy, and at one point he said Don was a mans man, and he paused, and then he said, and he was a ladies man. And everybody looked around the room at all of the known mistresses that were sitting there. Just lining up. During the day were asked to patrol their race course during events for emergency rescues, a Coast Guard official told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. To finance the development, he sold more civilised versions, with teak decks and sleeping quarters, to the general public. And he liked to get the best of people., Bob Saccenti When he came to Florida, he got hooked up with the greats and he definitely made his mark. 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. Hed knock you right down., Allan Brown Don was so reckless with shit like that. How a week chartering in Croatia with SamBoat changed my life. His second hull was fiberglass -- its hull shaped in a deep-vee to slash through the waves. We were having lunch one day and Don asked if it was a good watch. WebI think it was at this point that Don discovered that he was Jewish. 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.. A guy comes in with the money and you build a boat for them and you never know. And when [then Vice President] Bush said We aint gonna buy boats from Ben Kramer. At the age of 32 in 1959, Donald was listed as an official millionaire. Far below, the Mediterranean lay shimmering in the moonlight. His social group was pretty much divided along the same ratio. 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. It cost Aronow a fortune to divorce his wife Shirley in 1979. [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. So he commissioned a design from Michael Peters that split a V in two to create a catamaran. From one of Italy';s best families.". He sold Magnum to American Photocopy for a ton. (ABOVE) HES GOT THE LOOK: Aronow looked the part. 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. Claudia, his daughter, is an artist in New York. People said whatever Don touched turned to gold., Michael Aronow Forrest Johnson was originally his fishing buddy. 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. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 0% approval rating and an overall rating of 2.5/10. It was just one of the unusual clients Aronow had dealings with: oil-rich Arabs, Princess Caroline of Monaco and the Shah of Iran. You make real money when you sell the company., Allan Brown He was also the best boat salesman in the history of the world. "She was gorgous," Aronow says. Aronow agreed to buy USA Racing Team back from Kramer, equally predictably for less than the consideration hed received. And every new [Cigarette] that I do, I drive right by his house with it, just so he can see. Thats the king, came the response, according to The Washington Post. 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 He was larger than life. His face flushed with excitement, Don Aronow launches into another one of his stories. The Miami moto king launched Magnum Marine the next year, in 1967. In his spare time, he built speedboats for the Shah of Iran and American presidents George Bush Sr and Lyndon Johnson, among others and he hung out with the Beatles. Allan Brown He started Formula from scratch and sold it to Thunderbird in about a year. Additionally, Travoltas earlier fame did not contribute to the films success. Allan Brown Shirley was his first wife. He has three childrenMichael, David, and Claudiawith Shirley Goldin, his first wife. Then he bought a parcel of land immediately west of them, and thats where he built the Magnum building. People said whatever Don touched turned to gold. At the time, Saccenti was recovering from a horrific crash on Lake Erie. They become friends and Johnson told my father about the Miami-Nassau race, which my father became really interested in. He had a brown Rolls-Royce and [race] horses., Bob Saccenti He used to say youre never gonna make a lot of money building boats you make a living doing that. And sure enough, I moved there on a Monday and he was murdered that Tuesday. [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 construction company.]. It was from here the hit man opened fire, three bullets striking the powerboat star. [With lots of money and charisma, not to mention starting-quarterback good looks, Aronow soon became a ladies man of legendary status in Miami circles.]. Brown: Everybody has their own idea about why he was in Miami. Hes pointing out the door and there was Don in his car, the engine is screaming, hes slumped over the steering wheel. We considered Formula to be a utility boat. But Don was badly hurt in a car accident in 1970 and had to use a wheelchair from then on. The CrewMichael Aronow: sonBob Saccenti: builder of Chief Powerboats and founder of Apache Performance BoatsPhil Lipschutz: former Aronow contractor and current Miami-area Cigarette dealerAllan Brownie Brown: former acquaintanceMichael Peters: contracted designer 1981-1986, hired full-time 1987. Lipschutz: The saying he had about [Cigarettes famed Mistress model] was every man should have a Mistress. And that certainly described him, too. He has just cashed in six-figures worth of winning tickets. The race was several days away. He had plenty of cheese. It was a big building and obscured the Donzi plant you couldnt see [Donzi] from Highway 1 anymore! Hes the only person Ive ever known like that. [3] Kramer was already in prison on a life sentence with no possibility of parole following 1988 and 1989 convictions for drug smuggling and gun charges, as well as receiving a 1990 conviction for a failed escape attempt by helicopter from a federal prison near Miami.[4]. Brown: Our friend Stu Jackson worked for Thunderbird and he received a gold Rolex when he retired. 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. Race officials found themselves in invidious positions. Everything there to me was racing and drug trafficking. 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. The contessa suddenly mashed her brakes and brought the car to a halt at the side of the road, its tires only inches away from a sheer drop into a dark valley. And Don would say, Yeah we dont have any 28s, but Im building a 35 for myself and I could sell that to you. That was classic Aronow. WebAronow married twice. Queen Elizabeth II: Death And Obituary What Happened To Her? After Don Aranow was killed by a gunshot in Miami in 1987, his story was told in the 2009 documentary Thunder Man: The Don Aranow Story and in the 2018 film Speed Kills. Saccenti: When he came to Florida, he got hooked up with the greats, and he definitely made his mark. [1] He graduated a top athlete from James Madison High School in 1944,[1] worked as a life guard at Coney Island, and enrolled at Brooklyn College. Don Aronow with his wife Lillian and son Gavin. He pulled alongside a Lincoln car with tinted windows. But it bothered Don Aronow that he couldn't win. Adam Kimmel, the menswear designer and spouse of The Glass House actress Leelee Sobieski, is the son of the ex-couple. By various accounts, he then fled to Florida in 1960 to escape the mob. Who Is Ben Aronoff? He was the type of guy that if he liked you he loved you. Next thing I know an employee comes in and hes banging on my door. Don did not enjoy boating. Don Aronow has actually been married twice in his life. [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. It was from here the hit man opened fire, three bullets striking the powerboat star. [But] he was home every night. Aronow went down the canal at 65mph (105km/h) and ended up running into the seawall. Aronow went down the canal 65 mph in it, and ended up running into the seawall. He was the type of guy that if he liked you, he loved you. He often raced the fast boats owned by his company and won a number of races. Dons origin story moves around according to whos telling it. You make real money when you sell the company. With his father, he also founded Fort Apache Marina on the Row, comprising a boat storage facility, waterfront restaurant and patio bar. Anyhow, there was this contessa Don Aronow met while he was racing in the Mediterranean off northern Italy. This was not the first mystery to surround Donald Joel Aronow. Many disputes were going on in his marital life. Barely into his forties, Aronow was now a famous, feted and very wealthy man. 2023 Active Interest Media All Rights Reserved. There was fibreglass dust in the air and the pungent smell of resin and paint. Lipschutz: [Aronow] lived right on the water on Biscayne Bay. Aronow was murdered in his car at the end of 188th Street in North Miami Beach on February 3, 1987. Don was to offshore speed boats what Ben Franklin was to electricity, an admiring Customs official told the newspaper. Aronow left his office in his white Mercedes, shortly after visiting a rival boat dealership owned by Kramer. I dont think it ever ran again. Aranow was married twice, and his two marriages gave him a total of five children. A certain Ben Kramer, who came from a seemingly good home on the Intracoastal Waterway between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, started smoking pot at school and began selling it. When I started designing for Cigarette in 1978, Halter Marine had just acquired the company and they perpetuated the ethos, said Peters. They just dont make em like Don Aronow anymore. "And all of a sudden I was in the powerboat business.". The contessa was at the wheel of her two-seater Italian sportscar, its tires squealing as she forced the car through the mountain curves. From being a huge success in the construction industry, he went on the being a legend as a powerboat designer and racer. [1] In 1945, he joined the merchant marine and worked overseas until the end of World War II. American designer/builder/racer:famous Magnum Marine/Cigarette/Donzi/Formula speedboats, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "How a Kid From Brooklyn Put Go-Fast Boats On The Map" By Capt Ken Kreisler, "Don Aronow's Murder Leaves Miami Wondering: Were 'Cigarettes' Hazardous to His Health? "It won big," Aronow says. 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. You gotta do your homework. You had to be able to match. He dont speak too much English, but hes trying to explain something serious. And I could tell you the day he was murdered there were phone calls to the King of Jordan, the King of Spain, George Bush. "So I decided to do a little construction on the side.". 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. The drug money was corrupting banking, real estate and law enforcement. Bob Saccenti The real Don was sitting at a business table negotiating deals. The people who killed him were found out almost a decade after the fact. Back in those days, [criminal activity involving speedboats] was very prevalent because there was a lot of smuggling going on. Included in the settlement was $1.25 million in cash, a million-dollar Miami waterfront home and a Rolls-Royce. Michael Aronow is one of Dons five sons from three wives. Don Aronow: The King of Thunderboat Row, 1994, by Michael Aronow 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 Michael plays the role of Andrew in the movie Speed Kills. Claudia is a New York-based artist. Are lithium-ion batteries to blame for recent boat blazes? He was a great dad and a great husband. Brown: Don was so reckless with shit like that. Hed knock you right down. And he became hooked on racing and thats how it all began. He sold Magnum to American Photocopy for a ton. That was the cast of characters he was involved with. Once Aronow was able to formally open his new company, he started Cigarette Racing Team using his own designs in 1970. 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