He was murdered by professional killers on February 3 1987.

Don aronow george bush. Donzi speedboats on his Texas ranch with which he would race his Secret Service agents. He built speedboats for the Shah of Iran Charles Keating Robert Vesco Malcolm Forbes and George H. The evidence is that Mr.

Aronows boats won over 350 offshore races and he himself was 2x world champion and 3x US. He seemed agitated says Jerry Engelman Aronows manager. In his book-length account of the life and death of Aronow which is the basis for the following analysis Thomas Burdick quotes an unnamed Justice Department official relating the comments of one of his friends on the Bush-Aronow relation.

Directed by Andrew Wainrib. It contends that Donald Aronow a close buddy of Bush. Tommy Teagle an ex-convict interviewed by Burdick said he feared that George Bush would have him killed because information in his possession would implicate Jeb Bush in cocaine smuggling.

Senior Editor Kevin Koenig spoke to those who knew him best the key players of Thunderboat Row. Full throttle and sleep Bush bought his first fast boat a Cigarette from Don Aronow who founded the company among many others and he loved to get it airborne for an adrenaline rush off Miami see picture above. Flipping the page however youd be as likely to come across a list of organised crime bosses who reigned.

As is customary in a world dominated by speed money and worldwide travel Aronow had friends ranging from mobster Meyer Lansky to former president George H. Bush Vice Presidential Records. WHORM Alphabetical Files.

Category Case Number. Bush as well as a louche assortment of organized-crime figures and South Florida drug smugglersThis is a chance to own a piece of American Boating History. The rugged multimillionaire speedboat racer had a glamorous wife four loving children and entree to the top social circles in South Florida.