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On February 3, 1987, Aronow was murdered in his car at the end of 188th Street in North Miami Beach, where his boat companies operated. Aronow had just come out of a meeting. Witnesses said a blue Lincoln pulled up next to Aronow's car. When Aronow rolled down his window, the Lincoln's driver shot him.
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.
- Daniel Pembrey
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.
- Ray Bulman
Feb 4, 1987 · Donald Aronow, a boat builder and champion racer who designed the sleek, speedy Cigarette boat, was shot to death today, the authorities said.
Aug 28, 2024 · Those moments were witnessed first by an Apache employee who shut off the ignition, but the questions lingered—who wanted Don Aronow dead, and why? The hit had all the markings of a professional job, but the real story has always been as murky as the Miami waters at dusk.
Feb 22, 1987 · Feb. 22, 1987 12 AM PT. The Washington Post. MIAMI — It is known as Boatbuild ers’ Row, Gasoline Alley or Performance Street, but, since early this month, it will forever be associated with...
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The 1987 murder of Miami powerboat legend Don Aronow captivated the international boating scene. The case’s twists, turns and seemingly never-ending cast of characters leaves the killing a mystery to this day.
