Ledger apartment available for rent

The apartment in which Heath Ledger died is available for rent for $26,000 per month, it has been confirmed.

The actor had been living in the Soho loft for four months when he passed away from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January.

He moved into the property shortly after finishing his role as The Joker in Batman sequel The Dark Knight.

The three-bedroom apartment was unofficially back on the market in February, allegedly at $4,000 per month more than its previous price.

"You don't wait around in a hot rental market like this. As ghoulish as it sounds, people will rent that place in a heartbeat," a broker told the New York Post at the time.

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