Charles 'LaLa' Evans Tells His Story on the Ellen DeGeneres Show

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There are stories of love that often transcend time and this is totally one of them.

Charles "LaLa" Evans visited the Ellen DeGeneres show and told the story of how he keeps his wife and their love alive after losing her.

Evans transformed his home into a monument that represents and celebrates the love he and his wife of 59 years shared.

Evans' wife Louise or Ms.

Lou as he called her, died just a month shy of their 60th wedding anniversary and upon hearing the story of his home and the love for his wife, the band Mutemath decided to make Evans' love story the focal point the music video for their song "Monuments." The story was also detailed in the making of the music video and the band even started the hashtag #LaLa.

"Well, I was a shoeshine boy," Evans told DeGeneres, "and right across the her uncle had a cafe. For lunch I would go to the cafe and I would kinda put them squinty eyes on her ya know."

"She was kind of bashful you see and her uncle would notice this each day.

He started teasing her about this and she wouldn't come out when I came to lunch. She wouldn't come out you know, she stayed back there."

However, it all changed for Evans when he put the eye on her. He said it was love at first sight. Evans told DeGeneres that before his wife passed, she told him that she has a bit of indigestion and asked for some Sprite.

At 3 AM the feeling came back and he brought her more Sprite. In the morning Evans asked if she was going to get up with him while he cooked breakfast.

She told him that he would just lay there for a little while.

In his worry, Evans called 911 and before they got there Louise's last words to Evans was, "I love you." You can check out Evans' interview with DeGeneres, the Mutemath music video for "Monuments" and the making of the video below.

Mutemath "Monuments" music video featuring Charles "LaLa" Evans

Charles "LaLa" Evans tells his story on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

Making of the "Monuments" music video below.