(AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)MIAMI, FL ā Award-winning producer Silvio Horta, who was acclaimed for creating the hit series āUgly Betty,ā has died.
"His talent and creativity brought me and so many others such joy & light," Ferrera wrote on Instagram.
Before āUgly Betty,ā Horta wrote the screenplay for the 1998 horror film āUrban Legend,ā starring Jared Leto and Tara Reid, as well as the short-lived 2002 series āJake 2.0,ā starring Christopher Gorham.
āUgly Betty" ran on the ABC network from 2006 to 2010.
The idea came from āI am Ugly Betty,ā a 1999 Colombian soap opera that was also adapted in Mexico and Germany.