The role won the 35-year a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. "I'm thinking of his family and loved ones who must be in so much pain right now - and of the whole Ugly Betty family who feel this loss so deeply." Horta's representative confirmed he had died but refused to comment on the nature of his death.
'The American dream'
Cuban-American Horta was born in Miami and studied film at New York University, before getting his big break in 1998, writing the screenplay for the horror-thriller Urban Legend. He came up with two sci-fi TV shows, Jake 2.0 and The Chronicle, before Ugly Betty - which won him the Golden Globe for best comedy series in 2007. At the time he stated: "Like most of us up here, Betty is an immigrant and The American Dream is alive and well and in reach of anybody who wants it." Vanessa Williams, who played model-turned-modelling company boss Wilhelmina Slater added she was "still in shock after hearing the tragic news".Michael Urie played Slater's assistant Marc St. James on the programme and he recalled how Horta "gave me a huge break". "I hear from LGBTQ people all the time that the show helped them," he added. "Me too. He and that show will always be with me." Fellow actor Chris Gorham, who appeared in several of Horta's productions, said he would be "forever grateful for his creativity, his enormous heart, and his friendship".
Silvio Horta gave me two of the greatest opportunities in my career with Jake 2.0 and Ugly Betty. I will be forever grateful for his creativity, his enormous heart, and his friendship. His family was his world and”¦ https://t.co/MxdjOmVWi8
— Christopher Gorham (@ChrisGorham) January 8, 2020
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