Donald Joel Aronow (March 3, 1927 – February 3, 1987) was an American designer, builder, and racer of Formula, Donzi, Magnum Marine, Cary, and Cigarette Racing Team speedboats. Aronow built speedboats for the Shah of Iran, Charles Keating, Robert Vesco, Malcolm Forbes, George H. W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Mar 20, 2013 · The life of speed-demon boatbuilder Don Aronow was cut short in a hail of bullets, but he left a lasting impression on the people in his life. Senior Editor Kevin Koenig spoke to those who knew him best, the key players of Thunderboat Row.

Oct 20, 2022 · 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. 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.

Jun 22, 2022 · In 1987, hit man Robert ‘Bobby’ Young shot powerboat mogul Don Aronow in his Mercedes sports car. Young, paid $60,000 for the contract murder, achieved such notoriety for the gangland-style killing that he secured a place in the pantheon of South Florida assassins.

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Oct 12, 2021 · Reaching out across the Pacific to Miami, Florida, The Captain gets the lowdown on the wild life and times of legendary Cigarette builder Don Aronow. Don Aronow was a dead set legend. He designed, built and raced the famous Magnum Marine, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi and Formula speedboats.

This documentary is about the murder in Miami in 1987 of a famous boat builder. If you've ever heard of the Cigarette fast boat, or the Donzi, Aronow put them in the water. Of course, Miami at that...

Jul 20, 2009 · Thunder Man: The Don Aronow Story: Directed by Andrew Wainrib. With Rick Allen, Carlo Bonomi, George Bush, Fabio Buzzi. An insight to Don Aronow - King of Powerboats. Don Aronow born in 1927 in Brooklyn New York, left New Jersey in 1961 to relocate in Miami.

Aug 28, 2024 · His prized white Mercedes revved to its limit in neutral gear, letting out a haunting scream that echoed the tension of his final moments. Those moments were witnessed first by an Apache employee who shut off the ignition, but the questions lingered—who wanted Don …