Heath Ledger Apartment Back Up For Rent....

The apartment Heath Ledger died in has been put back on New York's rental market.Three weeks after the actor was found dead in his bed after accidentally overdosing on prescription drugs, the Broome Street, Soho pad he had rented since September (07) is being offered to New Yorkers with deep pockets.The vast apartment is 10 times the size of many Manhattan homes, with 4,400 square feet of floor space; three bedrooms; two and a half bathrooms; an office; laundry room; kitchen and balcony.Ledger was paying a reported $24,000 (#12,000) a month in rent - so prospective new renters will need to be high earners.But real estate agents are confident it will be snapped up soon. One broker tells the New York Post, "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, especially when the vacancy rate is below one per cent".Meanwhile a wake for Heath Ledger will be held at the actor's favourite beach on Saturday (09Feb08).His parents Kim and Sally Ledger want to follow a sombre ceremony with a celebration on Cottesloe Beach in their native Perth, Australia.Childhood friend Paul Mullert tells The Australian Times newspaper Ledger was "the quintessential Australian, who loved nothing more (than) slipping on a pair of boardies and his (flip-flops) and heading to Cottesloe Beach".

The star's friends and family members have begun arriving in Perth for the funeral, including ex-fiancee Michelle Williams and their two-year-old daughter Matilda, and model Gemma Ward - his last love interest, reports PageSix.com.

Ledger was found dead at his New York apartment on 22 January (08), aged just 28. Toxicology results released on Wednesday (06Feb08) revealed he was killed by an accidental overdose of prescribed medication.

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