Twitter index: David Rakoff, Craig Bellamy

Twitter users are mourning the death of writer David Rakoff and buzzing about footballer Craig Bellamy's move to Cardiff City on Friday, August 10. ?

Canadian-born, New York-based writer David Rakoff was well known for his non-fiction, and sometimes autobiographical, essays. In addition to publishing several books of essays including Fraud and Half Empty, Rakoff was also a regular contributor to publications such as Conde Nast Traveller, GQ and The New York Times Magazine. Rakoff died on August 9 in New York aged 47.

Accounting for two of the top ten worldwide Twitter trending topics today is footballer Craig Bellamy, who, it has just been announced, has finalized a transfer agreement from his former English Premier League club Liverpool to Cardiff City FC, which plays in the Championship (one level down from the Premiership).

The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on August 10 at 1:40 PM GMT are: ?

01. #BASTIANMENYAPA
02. #5PeliculasFavoritas
03. #20AlasanSukaSamaDia
04. Happy Birthday WMYB
05. David Rakoff
06. Feliz Viernes
07. Craig Bellamy
08. Cardiff City
09. OKC
10. Boris Malik?

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-index-david-rakoff-craig-bellamy-143131435.html

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