The month of June moved fast with unending news about novel debuts, sequel releases and film adaptations.

Meanwhile, three remarkable authors passed away, leaving their notable works in bookshelves to be immortal legacies.

Ben Wattenberg - June 28

Ben Wattenberg, writer and PBS TV commentator, died of surgery complications at 81, according to The New York Times.

He was also known as a professed neoconservative who, according to Washington Post, defied easy political categorizations during nearly five decades.

Wattenberg wrote "The Real Majority" with Richard Scammon in 1970 and "The First Universal Nation" in 1991.

Jonah Goldberg, who worked with Wattenberg as a research assistant and later as a producer, posted on National Review that he will never see another like Ben.

Goldberg produced the TV program, "Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg," which popularized Ben as a host.

He wrote, "I had my differences with Ben, ideologically, and at times personally, but I never lost my admiration for his undying optimism about the country's future which was fueled by his unconquerable love for America as an exceptional and indispensable nation."

Born in 1933, Wattenberg would have turned 82 on August 26.

Theodore Weesner - June 25

"The Car Thief" author Theodore Weesner dies of congestive heart failure at the age or 79, The New York Times reports.

The report indicated that Weesner's father was an alcoholic and his mother was a teenager when he was born. Growing up in a foster home, the distressed child did not finish high school. At 17, he joined the army by lying about his age.

Excerpts of his first novel, "The Car Thief", had been published on The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and Esquire before the novel debuted.

An excerpt from his coming-of-age novel titled "The Hearing" appeared on The New Yorker in 1971.

Born in 1935, Weesner would have turned 80 on July 31.

James Salter - June 19

The author of "A Sport and a Pastime", James Salter, passed away at the age of 90, The Guardian reports.

According to Paris Review, Salter grew up in New York City and entered the U.S. Army Air Force as a pilot. After his first novel, "The Hunters", he resigned from his position and has been writing ever since.

"I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing," Salter told Paris Review. "Then I sit down and type. And then I retype, correct, retype, and keep going until it's finished."

Born in 1925, Salter just turned 90 on June 10. In the same interview, he also mentioned that a lot of travel had helped him in writing.

He said, "One thing I saw in England long ago struck me and has always stayed with me... I saw an old man, perhaps in his seventies, with a pack on his back."

"He looked to be a vagabond, dignified, somewhat threadbare, marching along with his staff. It was an image I thought should be the final one of a life. Traveling on."