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. 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.. Aronow was murdered in his car at the end of 188th Street in North Miami Beach on February 3, 1987. 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. It was late and night during the depths of America's great Depression. 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. Michael plays the role of Andrew in the movie Speed Kills. It was from here the hit man opened fire, three bullets striking the powerboat star. Don was the only person who gave me more than a platitude he gave me a job. The book about Don Aranows life by Arthur J. Harris was turned into the movie Speed Kills. That was on my to-do list: Deal with Baby Doc. Only Magnum and a marina (not Fort Apache) are still here. And in the end, he wound up as nothing more than a target for an assassins bullet. [One of those characters was a race-boat driver and drug smuggler named Ben Kramer. Her father was extremely wealthy and Don once told me he was going to take Shirley to California if the old man didnt cut him into the business. Writer: How about a one-word description of the kind of boat you build? 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. 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. The Lincoln drove over the grass to get away. At 57, he is a lean and muscular six-foot-two. 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. Little Don couldn't understand how all his father's taxicabs could get lost at once. 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. 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Similar to IMDb, it lists a middling 4.2 stars out of 10. Claudia is a New York-based artist. Lipschutz: The saying he had about [Cigarettes famed Mistress model] was every man should have a Mistress. And that certainly described him, too. Peters: It could have been anyone from drug runners, to business partners, to jealous husbands. Meanwhile, Kramer had been convicted of massive marijuana smuggling and money laundering, receiving multiple prison sentences including life without parole. A ruthless businessman, he equally relished a challenge in his personal life; Hed fuck your wife in a second, said powerboat Hall of Fame racer and boatbuilder Allan Brownie Brown, author of Tales from Thunderboat Row. 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. The full breakdown of his net worth at the time of his passing is still unavailable to the general public. 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. Performance boats attract a lot of characters. One of those characters was a racing boat driver and drug smuggler called Ben Kramer. Radios blared out the hits of the day. But in the end the investigation led to a hired gun. Aronow: Forrest Johnson was originally his fishing buddy. Then he bought a parcel of land immediately west of them, and thats where he built the Magnum building. You can talk to anyone, but every night he was at home.. Within a year of its creation, Donzi Marine gained recognition on a global scale, making it an immediate success. Saccenti: Don used to come and see me when I was hurt, one of those You need anything let me know, kinda things. Performance boats attract a lot of characters. He was pale, he had gone unconscious at some point. "I don't now why nobody was killed. He would have a succession of ladies that would appear. Then one time, Don left, and said Alright kid, Ill see ya, and he walked out the door. This was not the first mystery to surround Donald Joel Aronow. He was a real successful cocksman. But Aronow may have possessed a darker side that even he could not outrun. The Captain tracked down a motley crew prepared to spill the beans. It was all downhill from there. The movie sequences accurately depicted his wealth, which was real. Seemingly he had everything to live for. He ran a successful business making speedboats. "These guys earned their money," Aronow says. He built speedboats for the Shah of Iran, Charles Keating, Robert Vesco, Malcolm Forbes, and George H. W. Bush. [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. His earliest memory was riding home in the richly leathered back seat of his father's limosine, listening to the strangely anxious voices of his parents talking in the front of the car. 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. [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. It was all downhill from there. We'd race to Nassau and back on the weekends. And hes bellowing trying to say something. "I'd never be married to a beautiful woman like Lillian if I hauled garbage for a living," Aronow adds. (ABOVE) RICH AND FAMOUS: Aronow famously kept company with people from all walks of life. The murder fell awkwardly between the sort of extravagant statement killings orchestrated by Colombian cocaine kingpins and the kind of professional contract hit carried out by killers keen to hide their tracks, or at least ensure a clean escape. He was a great dad and a great husband. Retired President Lyndon B. Johnson owned several 16ft. Donzi speedboats on his Texas ranch with which he would race his Secret Service agents. The Beatles, Don Aronow, and his son Michael cruise off Miami before the bands iconic 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. After years of delight, his prosperity is abruptly ended when he is discovered dead in his automobile. The persona of John Travolta After relocating to Miami, Ben develops swiftly as a racer, motor designer, and businessman. "So I decided to do a little construction on the side.". Money comes and goes. A pattern emerged whereby Aronow would sell his companies and then seek to eclipse them. WebProfile of Don Aronow murder on TV show Expose hosted by Tom Brokaw 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. I think hed really be proud of the boats. Don Aronow: The King of Thunderboat Row, 1994, by Michael Aronow Sign up to BOAT International email newsletters to get the latest superyacht news, business analysis, exclusive event invitations, and more. (Captains note: this means party animal.). Aronow had sold USA Racing Teama company that built high-speed catamarans for the U.S. Customs Serviceto Kramer and his father in 1985. Magnum Marine was responsible for Donalds first World Championship victory in 1927. Youre a businessman, too. ), After Aronows brief visit with Saccenti, he got back in his white Mercedes and began to pull away. "And they're entitled to spend it any damn way thay want.". He hung out with kings, mobsters, and The Beatles, and considered future president George H.W. I used to work boat shows with him and holy Christ! After Aronows brief visit with Saccenti, he got back in his white Mercedes and began to pull away. He was the type of guy that if he liked you, he loved you. Aronow's Cigarette has also become the low slung get-away boat of choice for South Florida's high-rolling drug smugglers.? [But] he was home every night. In reality, Don had already amassed a million dollars before relocating to Miami with his family. 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. (Captains note: we think he means money.) I was a little hesitant to move to Miami, because my view of it was straight out of Miami Vice. 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. She used to be married to Martin Kimmel, a real estate developer. "And all of a sudden I was in the powerboat business.". He sold Magnum to American Photocopy for a ton. "I'd never be married to a beautiful woman like Lillian if I hauled garbage for a living," Aronow adds. However, this consciousness of guilt made for a weak states case. Aronow raced his 8.2-metre Maltese Magnum all over the globe, Don Aronow with his wife Lillian and son Gavin, NE 188th Street which was nicknamed Thunderbolt Row, Credit: Courtesy of Cigarette Racing Team, Ben Kramer (on right) with racing friends, some of whom were convicted of cocaine traffiking (from left) Willie Falcn, Keith Eickert, Sal Magluta and Bobby Saccenti, Aronow was driving a sporty white Mercedes-Benz two-seater, Credit: Courtesy of Miami-Dade Police Dept/Arthur Jay Harris, Dry Martini, a cigarette designed and built by Don Aronow, Credit: Ajax News & Feature Service/Alamy Stock Photo, The Beatles taking a ride in a Formula 23 on their first trip to the US, The then vice president Bush personally tested the Blue Thunder boats, Aronow with Howard Cosell at the Kentucky Derby, The Lincoln Continental the shooter allegedly used, How the 88m Project X came to life over 14 years. He was right out of a Hollywood script. He was formidably competitive both on and off the water, brutally handsome and adroit at negotiating the line between the legal and the illicit at least until the very end. Hed retained his key designers. He had bought a boat in California and he asked Aronow and me to drive it and see if it was any good. A guy comes in with the money and you build a boat for them and you never know. Peters: He didnt like guys that came in and tried to go toe to toe with him. Semi-blind, he was forced to wear heavy-rimmed and thick-lensed glasses that were always a worry when he played. He had a brown Rolls Royce and [raced] horses and stuff. Once Aronow was able to formally open his new company, he started Cigarette Racing Team using his own designs in 1970. "It won big," Aronow says. Peters: I had gone through a divorce and it was terrible times. Brown: Don was so reckless with shit like that. Half out of his car, Aronow lay slumped, crimson blooming across his shirt. He was a great dad and a great husband. How Did He Die? 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? Aronow was born in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn,[1] the youngest son of Russian-Jewish immigrants[2] Herman and Ruth Aronow. 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. Aronow is a former junior high school gym teacher from the Bronx. Aronow said Let me see. Then he took the watch by the clasp, banged it on the table, and threw it in a glass of beer. Or man, his brother Robin added. He was very young. Aronow left his office in his white Mercedes, shortly after visiting a rival boat dealership owned by Kramer. I told my secretary to call 911. In 1948, he married Shirley Goldin [1] [6] who he had met while working as a lifeguard on Coney Island. A violent criminal named Bobby Young was fingered as the hitman, whose employer according to the courts was Ben Kramer. You had to be able to match. Phil Lipschutz I never had any inkling that Don was involved in something illegal. [1] His father owned a gas station and then a taxi company which collapsed during the Great Depression. He dont speak too much English, hes trying to explain something, something serious. But he could tell something terrible had happened. Michael Aronow is one of Dons five sons from three wives. WebAronow married twice. 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. Brown: He started Formula from scratch and sold it to Thunderbird in about a year. He had first wanted to get into motor racing as a hobby, citing his rich status from running the Aronow Corporation, a construction company. Claudia is a New York-based artist. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Hes pointing out the door and theres Don in his car, the engine screaming and hes slumped over the steering wheel. By various accounts, he then fled to Florida in 1960 to escape the mob. How much does it cost to charter a Below Deck yacht? Therefore, his annoyance with the motor mogul was the true impetus for his illegal plans. 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 At the age of 32 in 1959, Donald was listed as an official millionaire. 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. From being a huge success in the construction industry, he went on the being a legend as a powerboat designer and racer. From one of Italy';s best families.". Writer: (to Aronow) Tell me about your earliest memory. Get this magazine sent straight to your door, or subscribe and never miss an issue. The University of Florida standout athlete Michael was the one who suffered serious injuries in a vehicle accident in 1970. Don Aronow's pockets are stuffed with fifties and hundreds. Bob Saccenti Don used to come and see me when I was hurt one of those You need anything, let me know, things. Kramer got a 19-year sentence for manslaughter to run concurrently with a life term for marijuana smuggling. 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. 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. You never knew who might show up here, from royalty and high-born celebrity clients to drug-dealing low-lifes, by way of government officials, heads of the various boat firms and a diverse population of workers who earned their livings here. He designed, built and raced the famous Magnum Marine, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi and Formula speedboats. Allan Brownie Brown is a former acquaintance. 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. Credit: Courtesy of Arthur Jay Harris. Hes pointing out the door and there was Don in his car, the engine is screaming, hes slumped over the steering wheel. "That's what winning is all about," Aronow grins nearly 20 years later. By this time the mid 1990s he was being kept in an isolation cell without, his lawyer claimed, adequate dental or medical care. As director of the CIA, hed also interacted with Aronow, recalling how Don came and offered to help our country. And when [then Vice President] Bush said We aint gonna buy boats from Ben Kramer. 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. 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. He has three childrenMichael, David, and Claudiawith Shirley Goldin, his first wife. Hes the only person Ive ever known like that. Peters: A guy would walk into his shop, all excited to meet [Aronow] and buy a boat. Just lining up. How a week chartering in Croatia with SamBoat changed my life. That was just his personality.. I dont think it ever ran again. He gave the impression that he felt he could take whatever he wanted.. She was once married to renowned developer Martin Kimmel. It fuelled an uneasy dynamism. But nothing compares with the go-fast scenes of the 1960s, 1970s and climatic 1980s. He had plenty of cheese. 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. And then one night Aronow and the contessa were driving back from a candlelit dinner in a tiny restaurant high in the Carrara Mountains. Barely into his forties, Aronow was now a famous, feted and very wealthy man. A kid was going to start a boat company in Florida. You dont dare honk your horn at anybody; you could end up dead.. It was testimony to the Theodolis diplomatic instincts that this would not become their fate. Don Aronow has actually been married twice in his life. The guy would say, I want a 28. And Aronow would say, Oh no, were all sold out. And the guy would keep pushing, I wanted one all my life. And Don would say, We dont have any 28s, but Im building a 35 for myself and I could sell that to you. That was classic Aronow., Allan Brown Every boat he sold was built for himself. Thats the king, came the response, according to The Washington Post. 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. Don did not enjoy boating. Some men had told his father that he'd lost it. 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 The saying he had [about Cigarettes famed Mistress model] was, Every man should have a Mistress. And that certainly described Don, too., Allan Brown Hed fuck your wife in a second. Sure enough, I moved there on a Monday and he was murdered that Tuesday.. He owns a horse farm in Ocala, a home in Miami Beach and a new Long Island estate that just made Toen and Country. He stepped off and said, The boats a piece of shit, kid. 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. [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 He might also try to buy the companies back, for cents on the dollar. At his funeral, [eye surgeon and powerboat racer] Doc Magoon gave the eulogy, and at one point he said, Don was a mans man. He paused, and then said, And he was a ladies man. Everybody looked around the room at all of the known mistresses that were sitting there., Michael Aronow My father broke up more marriages than anybody. 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. "Our bow rammed the helicopter's rubber flotation gear," he says. Michael, Donalds eldest son, thought his dad was a hero. Bush back-pedalled out of there as fast as he could. Because he did, thats for sure.. They just dont make em like Don Aronow anymore. 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 has just cashed in six-figures worth of winning tickets. Of the World's most recognized racing boat companies, Don Aronow established five; Donzi, Formula, Magnum, Cigarette and The couples newfound happiness doesnt last long, though, because Ben is killed soon after at age 59 in what seems to be a job. Don built boats for good guys and he built them for bad guys. He dont speak too much English, but hes trying to explain something serious. 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. 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. I never thought anybodyd actually do that, but by God they did. Queen Elizabeth II: Death And Obituary What Happened To Her? Made quite a lot of money on it in spring of 1964. 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. Allan Brown He started Formula from scratch and sold it to Thunderbird in about a year. A guy comes in with the money and you build a boat for them and you never know. I didnt hear shots, with the air conditioner and sewing machines going on, but somebody came and got me. Then the investigation got going and they realised who Aronow was involved with. The 2018 criminal drama film Speed Kills served as a vehicle for Dons epicness. 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. The people who killed him were found out almost a decade after the fact. He said, I cant do this anymore. Hed knock you right down., Allan Brown Don was so reckless with shit like that. Don Aronow is also quite proud of his lovely wife Lillian. Little could prepare him for the scene two hundred metres up the street. Wally Tatomir: Death And Obituary What Is The Cause Of The Equipment Manager&Death? 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. [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. 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. Aronow doesn't care if all these retired furniture makers and machine tool executives are little more than middle-aged adolescents flaunting their masculinity on a Sunday afternoon -- tooling around the docks of some Intracoastal bar like Shooters, feeling terribly macho-nautical doing 30 knots in a $125,000 Cigarette Aronow built to run all day at 60 knots in hull- hammering six foot seas. Young died in prison in 2009 after steadfastly refusing for years to testify against Kramer. Dons second wife Lillian Crawford and their two boys Gavin and Wylie are also left behind. He raced his 8.2-metre Maltese Magnum all over the world. 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. They could not countenance procuring drug interdiction boats from a firm owned by a convicted smuggler and predictably moved to cancel the procurement contract. The rest of NE 188th Street is covered with blocks of expensive condos promising comfortable waterside living. But a dark Lincoln Continental rolled alongside of him, and thenshots rang out.]. It cost Aronow a fortune to divorce his wife Shirley in 1979. It says so right there on the bottom of his resume: Has survived three motorcycle crashes, totaled five automobiles and 12 boating mishaps. Bobby Young, the convicted shooter and the man who might have provided definitive answers, died in jail in 2009. A world-champion boat racer who enjoyed wild success in business, he was also an unapologetic playboy and fabled bon vivant. He went to 188th Street in Miami and decided he wanted to put a plant there. At the east end of the street is now the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center; further east, across Biscayne Bay, on oceanside Sunny Isles Beach, stands the Porsche Design Tower. Saccenti: He was a great guy and a great businessman. 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.. His boats won over 350 offshore races, two world championships, and three U.S. championships as his career grew. Peters: [upon hearing Browns story] Im from California, I hope that storys not about me! With his first wife, Shirley Goldin, he has two sons and a daughter. 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. Speculation about who the killer might be ran from jilted lovers or jealous husbands to [Jewish mobster] Meyer Lansky and the CIA. Claudia, his daughter, is an artist in New York. 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. 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. The main character of Speed Kills, Ben Aronoff, is based on Miamis actual motor king, Donald Don Aronow. Dream Symphony: Inside the 10-year build of the world's biggest sailing yacht. Further reading. Our Privacy Policy Creator includes several compliance verification tools to help you effectively protect your customers privacy. But a dark Lincoln Continental rolled up alongside and then shots rang out. The Captain has covered Dons extravagant and extravagant lifestyle in great detail. Brown: He was also the best boat salesman in the history of the world. Brown: Our friend Stu Jackson worked for Thunderbird and he received a gold Rolex when he retired. I was like, do I really want to move down there? The twos happy marriage disintegrates due to Bens demanding schedules and their son Andrews car accident, which left his legs permanently disfigured. If your browser is out of date, try updating it. [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. WebAronow married twice. And he became hooked on racing and thats how it all began. We could see all the gunshots., Allan Brown He was murdered right out in front of my office, halfway betweenSaccentis building and my building. 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