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Don aronow death. 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. Hit mans death closes notorious Aronow case. Prominent powerboat designer and racer Donald Aronow was shot and killed Tuesday in his car outside a boat-building business in northeast Miami officials said.
Many aspects of Aronows life suggest that his assassination may have been a product of the same damage control logic. Aronow 59 at the time of his murder in 1987 was a handsome jet-setting Miami speedboat racer and designer of the sleek racing craft known as the cigarette boat. The death of Don Aronow occurred within the time frame of this general process of amputation and cauterization of the Iran-Contra and related networks.
Aronows violent death on Feb. Dons prowess on the track was equalled by his gift as a boat designer. Founding the Formula maruque in 1962 Aronow designed the first 233 Deep-V hull a 24 foot craft with a top speed in excess of 50 mph.
Others raced in the Kentucky Derby. Aronow was a shroud legitimate business man who was respected by many though would leave a bad taste in the mouth in others. Formula Donzi Magnum and most notably Cigarette.
3 1987 at the age of 59 was considered a showcase murder one of the most sensational ever to occur in South Florida. Donald Aronow a bored millionaire at 28 and a dead man 26 days before his 60th birthday used to move briskly through Miamis shadowy world where dopers government spies and mobsters commingle. Senior Editor Kevin Koenig spoke to those who knew him best the key players of Thunderboat Row.
If youve ever heard of the Cigarette fast boat or the Donzi Aronow put t. This documentary is about the murder in Miami in 1987 of a famous boat builder. Young paid 60000 for the contract murder achieved such notoriety for the gangland-style killing that he secured a place in the pantheon of South Florida assassins.