He built speedboats for the Shah of Iran, Charles Keating, Robert Vesco, Malcolm Forbes, and George H. W. Bush. You can talk to anybody [about that]. Aronow: After the 62 race my father started to work with Jim Wynne and Walt Walters. It says so right there on the bottom of his resume: Has survived three motorcycle crashes, totaled five automobiles and 12 boating mishaps. Aronow can still remember peering out at the countryside through his thick glasses, watching the tiny lights flickering from the small farm houses of rural New York and the hobo jungle campfires burning in the night. Aronow was free to pursue the contessa. [2] Sure enough, I moved there on a Monday and he was murdered that Tuesday.. She was once married to renowned developer Martin Kimmel. At the time, Saccenti was recovering from a horrific crash on Lake Erie. 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. [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]. 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. Dons second wife Lillian Crawford and their two boys Gavin and Wylie are also left behind. Performance boats attract a lot of characters. One of those characters was a racing boat driver and drug smuggler called Ben Kramer. (ABOVE) HES GOT THE LOOK: Aronow looked the part. Don Aronow born in 1927 in Brooklyn New York, left New Jersey in 1961 to relocate in Miami. 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. Dons origin story moves around according to whos telling it. The weather was cold and he was getting ulcers. by The Captain | Oct 12, 2021 | Articles | 0 comments. It was all downhill from there. Nearly a decade later, two men pleaded no contest to charges related to Aronow's killing. Shortly after the visit, Aronow left his office and drove down the street to Apache Performance Boats to visit with his former protg, Bob Saccenti. It was late and night during the depths of America's great Depression. George H.W. 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. With lots of money and charisma, not to mention NFL starting quarterback good looks, Aronow soon became a ladies man of legendary status in Miami circles. A five-year non-compete agreement with Cigarette Racing, one of the companies hed sold, dated to 1982 and was about to expire. Katheryn Winnick and John Travolta in Speed Kills ( Source : imdb ) Ben and his wife Emily also had a son named Andrew. Was it even a planned killing, or some crazed crime of passion? 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.. Your request appears similar to malicious requests sent by robots. Boat International Media Ltd 2008 - 2022. Around one-third of the regions murders were believed to be related to drugs. He was very young. The Captain tracked down a motley crew prepared to spill the beans. Lillian is Aronow's second wife -- a former Palm Beach socialite, heiress and high fashion model. WebI think it was at this point that Don discovered that he was Jewish. Make that a very healthy six figures. Peters: A guy would walk into his shop, all excited to meet [Aronow] and buy a boat. What Happened To Don Aronow? David A. Arnold: Death And Obituary How Did Famous Comedian, Actor-Writer &Producer Die? 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. He gave the impression that he felt he could take whatever he wanted.. He had first wanted to get into motor racing as a hobby, citing his rich status from running the Aronow Corporation, a construction company. WebThree weeks before he was murdered, Aronow had a pensive, reflective talk with his wife, Lillian, a former girlfriend of Jordan's King Hussein. Money comes and goes. It lets you transport your luxury car up to the safety of your own unit, even as crime rates have dropped. Aronow was now with his second wife, Lillian Crawford a model, Palm Beach heiress and ex-girlfriend of King Hussein of Jordan. Then the investigation got going and they realised who Aronow was involved with. Brown: He started Formula from scratch and sold it to Thunderbird in about a year. He was the type of guy that if he liked you, he loved you. They become friends and Johnson told my father about the Miami-Nassau race, which my father became really interested in. Within a year of its creation, Donzi Marine gained recognition on a global scale, making it an immediate success. WebThree weeks before he was murdered, Aronow had a pensive, reflective talk with his wife, Lillian, a former girlfriend of Jordan's King Hussein. Bush, right, was a close friend who initially threw his weight behind the murder investigation. Saws buzzed and machinery hummed at the various boat shops, most of which Aronow had started at one time or another. Congregating witnesses spoke of a dark Lincoln Continental having pulled up alongside Aronows white Mercedes. His social group was pretty much divided along the same ratio. 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. Katheryn Winnick and John Travolta in Speed Kills ( Source : imdb ) Ben and his wife Emily also had a son named Andrew. He was pale, he had gone unconscious at some point. Peters: If you were a coward, with him, you were gone. Aronow's boats won over 350 offshore races and he was a two-time world champion and three-time U.S. champion. The race was several days away. His father said it had to do with something called the Depression. Lillian Aronow: Winning is an natural aphrodisiac. It did not take the US Customs Service long to learn of this. Ben Aronoff's success in business and as a successful boat racer hampered his personal life and caused a separation between him and his wife. Aronow: By 66 my dad had sold Donzi to Teleflex. Revealingly, the Time feature predicted that Miami would remain, as the late President Jaime Rolds of Ecuador put it, the capital of Latin America. It was the time of the sexual revolution, and his popularity with women was almost as legendary as his boating exploits, although some women were more circumspect. The Shah of Iran, George Bush Sr., and Lyndon Johnson all had speedboats that he made for them. Miami claimed the nations highest murder rate at 70 per 100,000 residents, and this years pace has been even higher. That was just his personality. Dont challenge him, and you were fine. The Beatles, Don Aronow, and his son Michael cruise off Miami before the bands iconic 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. 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. [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.]. Peters: It could have been anyone from drug runners, to business partners, to jealous husbands. Aronow had sold USA Racing Teama company that built high-speed catamarans for the U.S. Customs Serviceto Kramer and his father in 1985. Again, he sold his company and started a new one, Magnum, evidently named after the double-sized bottles of champagne. He was an alpha male, like the male lion you see on safari. The Miami moto king launched Magnum Marine the next year, in 1967. Don built boats for good guys and he built them for bad guys. Brown: Hed fuck your wife in a second. He was inquiring about a 60ft boat and alluding to a mysterious man he worked for and who he would kill for, if need be. 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. Hes the only person Ive ever known like that. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! I told my secretary to call 911. Get this magazine sent straight to your door, or subscribe and never miss an issue. Semi-blind, he was forced to wear heavy-rimmed and thick-lensed glasses that were always a worry when he played. Check Death Reason HOw Old She Was? [2] David [7] 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. Whatever the truth of such rumours, the way South Floridas drug business metastasised from marijuana to cocaine smuggling, to vast profits and lawlessness, would sustain five seasons of Miami Vice. Kramer got a 19-year sentence for manslaughter to run concurrently with a life term for marijuana smuggling. Because he did, thats for sure. 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. Many disputes were going on in his marital life. Claudia, his daughter, is an artist in New York. They just dont make em like Don Aronow anymore. I didnt hear shots, with the air-conditioner and sewing machines going on, but somebody came and got me. [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 Herein lay the alleged motivation for Aronows murder. Aronow was bigger than life, and he was also a boat designer. The book about Don Aranows life by Arthur J. Harris was turned into the movie Speed Kills. Similar to IMDb, it lists a middling 4.2 stars out of 10. The result was the 8.5-metre 007, named after the gathering cinematic phenomenon. Saccenti: The real Don was sitting at a business table negotiating deals. What are the core values of superyacht builder Sirena Yachts? 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. 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. 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. Aronow was murdered in his car at the end of 188th Street in North Miami Beach on February 3, 1987. [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.]. Dick Bertram was the man to beat both in terms of boat design and the racing itself. 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. He did that a few times. It was just one of the unusual clients Aronow had dealings with: oil-rich Arabs, Princess Caroline of Monaco and the Shah of Iran. He didnt pick on the little guy. Their son is menswear designer Adam Kimmel; His second wife was former Wilhelmina model, Lillian Crawford, 24 years his junior. The University of Florida standout athlete Michael was the one who suffered serious injuries in a vehicle accident in 1970. I saw it, the blood. 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. His boats won over 350 offshore races, two world championships, and three U.S. championships as his career grew. Phil Lipschutz is a Miami Cigarette dealer and a former contractor to the Don. The secret to happiness is taking risks: Don Aronow understood that motto as well as anyone who ever lived. I was like, do I really want to move down there? Brown: He was murdered right out in front of my office halfway between Saccentis building and my building. His second hull was fiberglass -- its hull shaped in a deep-vee to slash through the waves. That became the original Formula Marine.. (Captains note: more about Dons, er, appetites, later.) Claudia is a New York-based artist. Donalds second business venture was Donzi Marine, which he founded in 1964 and later sold to Teleflex Inc. in the middle of 1965. [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. And every new [Cigarette] that I do, I drive right by his house with it, just so he can see. 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. Most of the guys ran stock boats. No woman should be alone in this city, Barry Gibb warned Time. "I'd never be married to a beautiful woman like Lillian if I hauled garbage for a living," Aronow adds. Next thing I know, an employee is banging on my door. He might also try to buy the companies back, for cents on the dollar. He later got married to Lillian Crawford, a model for Wilhelmina who was 24 years younger than he was. Six foot three, real good looking, lots of swagger. WebAronow married twice. First published in the October 2022 issue of BOAT International. Allegations ran wild in the aftermath of Aronows death. Hes pointing out the door and theres Don in his car, the engine screaming and hes slumped over the steering wheel. I can retire and lets go to Florida. This was in 1961. Of the World's most recognized racing boat companies, Don Aronow established five; Donzi, Formula, Magnum, Cigarette and If you continue to be blocked, please send an email to secruxurity@sizetedistrict.cVmwom with: https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/claudia-aronow/, Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:88.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/88.0, A summary of what you were doing and why you need access to this site. "I got into ocean powerboat racing after I retired to Florida," he says. But in the end the investigation led to a hired gun. Little could prepare him for the scene two hundred metres up the street. He admired Aronow and acquired a corner of the Row, obtaining an interest in Apache, which in turn supplied the vessels he raced offshore (his fabled Warpath, based on a deep V Cigarette mould, won him a world championship). I used to work boat shows with him and Holy Christ!, Michael Aronow I dont think any of those guys had ever seen anything quite like it, to be honest., Allan Brown At Cigarette, he had an intercom in his office and he used to boff his secretary there. Specifically, the 2018 film is a remake of the corresponding true-crime book. Just lining up. The business was established in 1953 and immediately became one of the biggest construction firms in the region. You make real money when you sell the company.. This is his story in the words of some of the men who knew him best. His wife appeared on the cover. 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. WebAronow married twice. The 2018 criminal drama film Speed Kills served as a vehicle for Dons epicness. Members of the Bee Gees were neighbours on both sides. 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. He ran a successful business making speedboats. Performance boats attract a lot of characters. And then there's the matter of status by association. Made quite a lot of money on it in 1964. Donald Joel Aronow (March 3, 1927 February 3, 1987) was an American designer, builder and racer of the famous Magnum Marine, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi, and Formula speedboats. His mother and father sounded very frightened in the front seat of the car as it sped homeward through the night. But a dark Lincoln Continental rolled up alongside and then shots rang out. Wylie, the son of the couple, is a founding member of the well-known NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club. Peters: Aronow looked the part. By this time the mid 1990s he was being kept in an isolation cell without, his lawyer claimed, adequate dental or medical care. 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. The narrow street itself dead-ended to the east, requiring visitors to turn around to exit westbound. A violent criminal named Bobby Young was fingered as the hitman, whose employer according to the courts was Ben Kramer. Aronow: My father broke up more marriages than anybody. I was a little hesitant to move to Miami, because my view of it was straight out of Miami Vice. You can talk to anybody [about that] [But] he was home every night. So he commissioned a design from Michael Peters that split a V in two to create a catamaran. A guy comes in with the money and you build a boat for them and you never know. How much does it cost to charter a Below Deck yacht? He pulled alongside a Lincoln car with tinted windows. And when [then Vice President] Bush said We aint gonna buy boats from Ben Kramer. Wally Tatomir: Death And Obituary What Is The Cause Of The Equipment Manager&Death? Whats the difference between Heesens three superyacht build concepts? Ultimately, Kramer pled no contest to second-degree murder. Next, he started Donzi, named after himself, again on NE 188th Street. He dont speak too much English, hes trying to explain something, something serious. When you shook his hand, that was the deal. Peters: One of the first issues I had to deal with when he hired me [in the early 80s] was [notorious Haitian dictator] Baby Doc [who was a client]. 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. Race officials found themselves in invidious positions. 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. Aronow went down the canal 65 mph in it, and ended up running into the seawall. Our Privacy Policy Creator includes several compliance verification tools to help you effectively protect your customers privacy. Everyone who knew him has a story to tell. This is his story in the words of some of the men who knew him best. 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. 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. Aranow was married twice, and his two marriages gave him a total of five children. Youre a businessman, too. Some men had told his father that he'd lost it. New hotels and office towers are rising in Miami, and once-sleepy towns nearby are growing skylines of their own, chronicled Time. It cost Aronow a fortune to divorce his wife Shirley in 1979. Don was the only person who gave me more than a platitudehe gave me a job, this was December of 86. 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. Claudia is a New York-based artist. In Speed Kills, the story of Ben Aronoff is based on the life of Donald Aranow, who built speedboats and raced them. Bush back-pedalled out of there as fast as he could. The boats tend to be smaller, more sedate, more family-oriented. [1] In 1953, he established his own construction company, the Aronow Corporation which quickly became one of the largest construction companies in the state. I just did you a favor.. The idea of bad guys outracing other bad guys and seizing their fortunes appealed to Aronow reasoned The Washington Post five days after his murder. "A stunning blonde. Further reading. At that time, NE 188th Street was a weed-strewn, low-rise strip. Cigarette, Donzi and other Aronow-conceived brands live on, as do the Miami to Key West race and offshore poker runs. But if he didnt like you, watch out. In Miami, his head was turned by the nascent offshore powerboating scene and in particular the gruelling Miami-Nassau race that ran for 296 kilometres. On the afternoon of February 3, 1987, a man claiming to be Jerry Jacoby walked into Aronows Thunderboat Row office exhibiting strange behaviour. [But] he was home every night. Phil Lipschutz I never had any inkling that Don was involved in something illegal. When you shook his hand that was the deal. She has a son with him. [2] 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. The fictionalized version of Donald Aronow is played by Ben Aronoff. You can talk to anyone, but every night he was at home.. He pulled alongside a Lincoln car with tinted windows. The great speed of Cigarette boats also made them a popular choice among cocaine smugglers. But Don was badly hurt in a car accident in 1970 and had to use a wheelchair from then on. "It was a pretty informal thing. Are lithium-ion batteries to blame for recent boat blazes? The weather was cold and he was getting ulcers and he said, I cant do this anymore. 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. Far below, the Mediterranean lay shimmering in the moonlight. He has three childrenMichael, David, and Claudiawith Shirley Goldin, his first wife. With his first wife, Shirley Goldin, he has two sons and a daughter. People said whatever Don touched turned to gold., Michael Aronow Forrest Johnson was originally his fishing buddy. He built this entire street. Airlifted to a nearby hospital, Don Aronow was dead within the hour. More plausibly, he was drawn to the Sunshine State by its warmth, excitement and a different form of escapism, as many tend to be. Adam Kimmel, the menswear designer and spouse of The Glass House actress Leelee Sobieski, is the son of the ex-couple. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! "She was gorgous," Aronow says. Although witnesses failed to identify him in police line-ups, Young pled no contest to the shooting. [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. 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. 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. The automotive billionaire was 24 years older than Crawford, a former Wilhelmina model. 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. Don would compete with people his size, said Michael Peters. It was mostly a lot of hell-raising and good times.". The EMS showed up. He competed in the race in April 1962 and led until the end. Kramer was hot tempered, the argument went; had he been sufficiently enraged by the USA Racing Team misfire to kill Aronow, he would have done so in 1985, whereas Kramer reportedly remained respectful towards Aronow until the end. Still subject to a non-compete agreement with Cigarette which hed bought back, then sold again in 1982 Aronow was forbidden from producing deep V monohulls. But they [blew] a clutch and had nothing left. WebAronow married twice. Don Aronow is also quite proud of his lovely wife Lillian. [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. The automobiles tycoons untimely demise, which made international headlines, did not go over well with the crowd. He was a real successful cocksman the best I ever saw. The Row was island-like, bounded by water on three sides. We were having lunch one day and Don asked if it was a good watch. A certain nostalgia colours memories of the 1970s as a time of the gentlemanly marijuana business. Drug smuggling could be the regions major [largest] industry.. Don was a native of New York who, through to his financial savvy and driving prowess, eventually came to command the Miami waterways. We could see all the gunshots., Allan Brown He was murdered right out in front of my office, halfway betweenSaccentis building and my building. He came to my basketball games, my football games, he was always around. You gotta do your homework. 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. Because he did, thats for sure.. 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