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Silvio Horta
WRITER
1974 - 2020
Silvio Horta
Silvio Horta (August 14, 1974 – 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Silvio Horta has received more than 354,068 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Silvio Horta is the 7,271st most popular writer (down from 6,447th in 2019), the 19,120th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,929th in 2019) and the 1,212th most popular American Writer.
Memorability Metrics
350k
Page Views (PV)
34.93
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
16
Languages Editions (L)
1.70
Effective Languages (L*)
3.46
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among WRITERS
Among writers, Silvio Horta ranks 7,271 out of 7,302. Before him are Elena Huelva, Philippa Boyens, Rachel Morrison, Kateryna Kalytko, Caroline Criado Perez, and Geoffrey S. Fletcher. After him are Fati
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Silvio Horta, Gay Creator of Ugly Betty, Dies at 45
Silvio Horta, the gay man who created the hit TV comedy-drama Ugly Betty, has died at age 45, apparently by suicide.
Horta was found dead Tuesday in a motel room in Miami, Variety reports. Sources told the publication that the cause was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but representatives for Horta declined to comment.
Ugly Betty, which ran on ABC from 2006 to 2010, focused on a bright and unconventional young Mexican-American woman, Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), working at a New York fashion magazine. Other prominent characters included Wilhelmina Slater, the magazine's diva of an editor, played by Vanessa Williams; her gay assistant, Marc St. James, played by gay actor Michael Urie; and Betty's nephew Justin (Mark Indelicato), who was eventually revealed to be gay and was named by The Advocate in 2016 as one of the best LGBTQ sitcom characters of all time.
Justin, who Horta once described to The Advocate as a "fashion-fabulous prodigy," and his coming-out story were based partly on Horta a
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The Secret Anguish of Silvio Horta: Demons and Hollywood Anxiety Plagued the ‘Ugly Betty’ Creator
The text message flashed across the screen on Dec. 28: “Happy new year. This is my new number. How are you? I have been in treatment. Finally got back Wednesday. Big hug, Silvio.” It was from Silvio Horta, the creator of the Emmy-nominated Ugly Betty, who’d just completed experimental therapy to address the severe depression that had crept over his life. Horta spent the last few days of 2019 reaching out to the people he trusted most — his WME agent, Paul Haas; his former assistant, Brian Tanen; and, in this case, Eduardo Roman, a Cuban-born hairdresser and close friend.
Roman had not heard from Horta since the fall, when Horta sold his multimillion-dollar home above the Sunset Strip and moved in with his mother, Ana, a Cuban emigre living in Miami. After years of despairing conversations, Horta’s text message sounded promising. But 10 days later, the writer checked himself in to a Holiday Inn Express in a nondescript stretch of South Miam
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