Silvio Horta (August 14, 1974 â€" January 7, 2020) was an American
screenwriter and television producer widely noted for adapting the hit
Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea into the ABC series Ugly
Betty. Horta served as head writer and executive producer on the
series.Horta, a first-generation Cuban-American, was born and raised
in Miami. He was a popular performer and playwright in high school,
attending both International Baccalaureate Theater, and Experimental
Theater programs at Coral Gables Senior in Miami. After graduating in
1992, he attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University,
majoring in film.Horta was openly gay, coming out to his family at
19.He was found dead in a Miami hotel room on January 7, 2020. Variety
reported that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
screenwriter and television producer widely noted for adapting the hit
Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea into the ABC series Ugly
Betty. Horta served as head writer and executive producer on the
series.Horta, a first-generation Cuban-American, was born and raised
in Miami. He was a popular performer and playwright in high school,
attending both International Baccalaureate Theater, and Experimental
Theater programs at Coral Gables Senior in Miami. After graduating in
1992, he attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University,
majoring in film.Horta was openly gay, coming out to his family at
19.He was found dead in a Miami hotel room on January 7, 2020. Variety
reported that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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