Twitter index: "Smokin'" Joe Frazier dies, Dr Conrad Murray convicted of manslaughter

Microbloggers are paying their respects to former World Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier aka Smokin’ Joe on the morning of November 8.

"RIP Smokin Joe. My thoughts and prayers go out to to the Frazier family. We lost an all time great tonight," post microbloggers after learning that Smokin’ Joe lost his final fight -- a battle against liver cancer -- on November 7.

Songs from Canadian recording artist Drake’s forthcoming album, Take Care, continue to feature in Twitter’s trending topics.

The song "Lord Knows" moves down one spot to fifth place, "Look What You(‘ve Done)" moves down two spots to tenth place and "Crew Love" is unchanged in seventh place.

Tweeps are listing the names of doctors who they think are better than Dr Conrad Murray after he was charged with the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson on November 7.

"#ThingsICantLiveWithout" features at the top of Twitter’s most talked about topics, the Spanish phrase "#YoTeAmoPor" ("I love you for") is in third place, the movie "Cadillac Records" is in sixth place, and computer and console video games retailer GameStop is in eighth place.

The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on November 8 at 7:30 AM GMT are:

1. #ThingsICantLiveWithout (new)

2. #DoctorsBetterThanConradMurray (new)

3. #YoTeAmoPor (new)

4. RIP Joe Frazier (new)

5. Lord Knows (-1)

6. Cadillac Records (new)

7. Crew Love (unchanged)

8. Game Stop (new)

9. RIP Smokin (new)

10. Look What You (-2)