What is Silvio Horta?
{{Infobox person | name = Silvio Horta | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1974|08|14}} | birth_place = [[Miami]], Florida, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|01|07|1974|08|14}} | death_place = Miami, Florida, U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter| television producer}} | years_active = 1998–2012 | spouse = | alma_mater = [[New York University]] | partner = | notable_works = ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' }} '''Silvio Horta''' (August 14, 1974 – January 7, 2020) was an American screenwriter and television producer widely noted for adapting the hit [[Colombia]]n [[telenovela]] ''[[Yo soy Betty, la fea]]'' into the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] series ''[[Ugly Betty]]''. Horta served as head writer and executive producer on the series. He was born in [[Miami]], [[Florida]]. Horta was openly [[gay]].<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20070208/d_cover08.art.htm Usatoday.Com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was found dead in a Miami hotel room on January 7, 2020 after [[suicide|shooting himself]], aged 45.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/silvio-horta-dead-dies-ugly-betty-1203459934/ | title = Silvio Horta, 'Ugly Betty' Creator, Found Dead in Apparent Suicide | first = Stuart | last = Oldham | date = January 7, 2020 | access-date = January 7, 2020 | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0395531|name=Silvio Horta}} {{Authority control}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Horta, Silvio}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Florida]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT screenwriters]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Miami]] [[Category:Suicides by firearm in the United States]] [[Category:Writers from Miami]] [[Cate